This is an analysis of the poem La Bouquetiere that begins with:

Buy my roses, citizens,--
Here are roses golden white,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXbcdedff bcgcXXhXcc abcXfidiff jcfcfeeaee hcccbhhhbb eedXbekeXc cXbXfbcbcc cbibafcfll ffcfjbbXcc gXbXbcgXcc ccccXkakhX ehjhgXkacc gbfbchfhbb adddbmamff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 1110100 1110101 1011101 1010101 1110101 1110101 1110101 1010111 11101011 10010111 1010101 1100101 1010101 001011 1111111 1010101 1011101 0010111 11101101 11010101 1110100 1010100 1101111 1010010 11010101 1011101 0110111 0010101 11101101 11111111 11010111 11010101 11110101 01010101 11010101 11010101 11010101 11011101 11101111 101010101 11011111 11100101 11111111 11111111 11010101 11011001 11010111 01110101 11101111 11010111 11110101 11111001 11110101 110101010 11011101 01110011 11111111 10010100 11101101 11111111 01011101 01110100 11110101 11010101 11111111 11011101 11010111 111000101 111000101 11010111 11111101 11011101 11110101 01111101 11111101 01010001 11010101 1011101001 11101111 11111101 11111101 11011101 11010101 111101 11010001 01011111 01111101 11111001 11101111 01010101 10011111 110100010 11111011 010101 11111111 01110101 10010101 111111 11100101 100100111 11111111 110100101 11111101 110101 11111101 10001101 01110101 110001 11101111 111111110 11110101 11011101 11110101 010111 010111001 11010100 11010111 1010101 11101101 00010111 11010101 11010111 10110101 011101 10110101 11110101 11000101 110101 11101011 111100001 1110100 1010101 1011101 1010111 1011101 11010101 1010101 0010101 11101011 10010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 14
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 337
  • Average number of words per stanza: 65
  • Amount of lines: 140
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • 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; here, roses, her, of, he, and, had, she, to, only, my are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words here, he, deeper, ne'er are repeated.

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