This is an analysis of the poem 'Died Of A Rose' that begins with:

A reporter he was, and he wrote, wrote he:
'The grave was covered as thick as could be... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXbbXccXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 00101111111 1111011110 010100110 0100111101 11010011101 11101100 1111011101 0010100101 010010010 0010111111 11010010100 01001101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 476
  • Average number of words per stanza: 90
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; he, ' are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ' is repeated).

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  • summary of 'Died Of A Rose';
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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