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

THROW roses on the sea where the dead went down.
The roses speak to the sea,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: cinquain
  • Metre: 11010110111 0101001 101001 110110 1011101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 174
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 5
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; roses, sea are repeated.

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