This is an analysis of the poem Rose that begins with:

When the evening broods quiescent
Over mountain, vale and lea,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd ebebfgXg gagahghG fbfb X fgfg eeXeigiG
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,4,1,4,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101010 1010111 10110010 1010101 10101010 1000101 100101010 0010101 10111010 1010110 10111010 1110111 11110110 1010101 11101110 1010101 10101010 1010101 10101010 1001101 10101010 1010101 11111010 0010101 10111010 1110111 10010010 0010101 1 11101110 1010111 11101010 1010101 11111010 1011111 10001110 1010001 11101001 1111101 11111101 0010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 183
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 41
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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