This is an analysis of the poem An Autumn—blooming Rose that begins with:

I found, and plucked, an autumn-blooming rose,
And shut my eyes, and scented all its savour:... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXab cbcb dbdb aeae
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1111110101 11111101010 1110010101 11011111010 10011100001 11010011110 0111010101 11110101010 01110101101 11111101010 0111011111 11011101010 1111011101 11110101110 1101111101 11111111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 186
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, with are repeated.

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