This is an analysis of the poem A Wild Rose that begins with:

The first wild rose in wayside hedge,
This year I wandering see,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd dede fgfg eheh idid
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 01110111 0111001 11110101 111101 11111111 101101 01010101 1101001 11110101 110101 101101110 0101111 11011101 111101 010011111 110011 010010111 110111 11001101 0101001 11101111 101111 11110111 010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 126
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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