This is an analysis of the poem When The Rose Is Gone that begins with:

When the rose is gone and the garden faded
you will no longer hear the nightingale's song....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXabbXbXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 10101101010 101101010001 001001010101 0010010010011 011101001 01001101011 01001101011 101001101 00100010010 11101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 424
  • Average number of words per stanza: 82
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of When The Rose Is Gone;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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