Red, Red Gold by Wilfrid Scawen Blunt: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Red, Red Gold that begins with:

Red, red gold, a kingdom's ransom, child,
To weave thy yellow hair she bade them spin.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab bcbc dddd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 111010101 0111011101 11010100101 110110 1101000111 1101100101 01110001011 010101 11010100010 1011010111 11001101010 110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 160
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words she, the, and are repeated.

    The author used the same word she at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Red, Red Gold;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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