This is an analysis of the poem The Rose Is Not Fair that begins with:

THE rose is not fair without the beloved's face,
Nor merry the Spring without the sweet laughter of wine;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababc dedec dbdbc fgfgc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 010110101001 11000101011001 0110111001011 010111110101 111010110111 1110101101011 1101101011001 010010110101 0100100100101 110011100101 1101110101101 010100100101 01011011101101 010110111111 1101101110111 111010110111 010010100101 010111100111 1101100110101 1010010101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 269
  • Average number of words per stanza: 49
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 53 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; without, and, nor are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word fair at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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