This is an analysis of the poem The Rhine Was Red. that begins with:
The Rhine was red with humane blood,
The Danube roll'd a purple tide,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaa Xbcb dede aaea Xaea XXcXXaada
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01110011 01010101 10010101 11010101 1101111 010010001 110101001 10011101 11010101 11010111 10010101 11010101 100100111 01011101 11011111 11010101 00111001 11010101 10010001 01010101 01110011 00111100 11110101 10111101 010101001 111101001 100110100 11011101
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 128
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; his, in are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
The author used the same word he at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines land is repeated).
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