This is an analysis of the poem Red Roses that begins with:

Tommy is three and when he's bad
his mother dances with him....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaXbXbcdXefdXgcbcgXfeb ghehd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 23,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10011111 0101001 111001 11010110 1110101 11 11010111 11110010010 0111111101010 01111101010 0110101100 0110101001 10110010 110110 1111101011 110111010 00111001101 11110101 1101001011111 11011011111111 110101010 111111 10111101 1011001 1101111 111011 111110101 0110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 475
  • Average number of words per stanza: 96
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, he are repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Red Roses;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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