This is an analysis of the poem Winter Roses that begins with:

My garden roses long ago
Have perished from the leaf-strewn walks;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXb Xcdc Xded ffff eddd Xgeg XaXa Xece
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101 11000111 11110111 0101101 100101011 110010101 11010111 1100111 11110111 01010101 11010111 010101 10111101 11011100 01010111 011101 01110110 11010111 01110101 011011 10001101 01110101 11110101 110101 11010101 01110101 10111111 010101 11011110 11010111 11101101 010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 132
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; it, of, and are repeated.

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