This is an analysis of the poem Blossom that begins with:
A LONE rose in a garden burned—a quivering flame,
But yesterday blindly from out the bud it came; ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbbbccddeeffgghhiid djjbbkkggggeegghh bbaaeehhll
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 21,17,10,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 0110010101001 110110010101 11110010101010 1101001010101 01011101 11010101 100111011111 01100010111 1101011111101 110111010101 11111101 01011001 0101111000111 1011000011001 110101010101 100111110101 11100101 11010111 010101010100 010100010100 111111010111 1011110010111 11011001 11010001 110001011101 101111110001 110101010101 110111010111 11010101 11100101 0101110000101 111101011101 0100001101101 111011110101 11010101 01011101 010001010101 110101110001 101101110111 110101010101 11110101 111101011 11111110100 1001001011101 110111000111 110111010101 10010101 10110101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 781
- Average number of words per stanza: 133
- Amount of lines: 48
- Average number of symbols per line: 48 (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 is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, the are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Blossom;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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