This is an analysis of the poem The Withered Rose that begins with:
O withered rose! How can I still call you a rose?
How can I call you the longing of nightingale's heart? ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aX Xb cc XX Xb Xa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110111111101 11111010010001 101010111010 001001101111 010101010100 0101110011110 11011111 110010010110 110101001010 110010100111 1010111111110 1011101011010
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 94
- Average number of words per stanza: 17
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; rose, your, my are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, my, you are repeated.
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