This is an analysis of the poem An Asphodel that begins with:
O dear sweet rosy
unattainable desire ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXXbXa cbcbXadXd eXeda
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,9,5,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110 10100010 1111 0101 10101000 1000100 11010 101010 001100010 1110 1100010 001100 1011010011 00100 11 1001010 101001 1101010 110110001 011100
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 150
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.
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- summary of An Asphodel;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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