This is an analysis of the poem Roses that begins with:
Oh, wind of the spring-time, oh, free wind of May,
When blossoms and bird-song are rife;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababb cdcdd bebee
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: rondeau
- Metre: 110001111101 11011111 11101011101 1110100101 11101001 11001011001 11011101 11011011001 1110100101 11101001 11001011011 11101001 11011101011 1110100101 11101001
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 202
- Average number of words per stanza: 42
- Amount of lines: 15
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, oh, love are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words that, and, i, he are repeated.
The author used the same word oh 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 life, love, death are repeated).
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