This is an analysis of the poem The Night Ride that begins with:

The red sun on the lonely lands
   Gazed, under clouds of rose, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaa bcbc dedX fcfc gaga cbcb hXXX bbbX dhdX ieiXXdcdc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01110101 1010101 11110101 1011111 11001101 110011 11110111 1101011 11010001 111111 101111111 1111010 11011111 111111 11111101 111101 111011101 101101 01011011 111011 11011111 110101 11011111 110111 100010001 1101010 1000101110 110100 101110101 101101 11111111 11011100 11110101 110101 101111111 1111110 01101111 10101011 101010001 1111110 11111101 110111 11010101 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 170
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, or, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

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  • summary of The Night Ride;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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