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

AT the black foot of trellises, by almond-branches shaded,
At the heart of corbeils, at the breast of bowers,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbabb accX aaXadbb Xdebe fddf ggXXeeaahhcccc X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,4,7,5,4,14,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101101001101010 101010101010 1101010101 11010 0111011 10110 0100101111 010011 001010111 110100 111011101 1111 10100 101000101 010101010011 11010 01110 10011101000 00011111 11010111 100100010 01000100 010001001101 01101001 01001001010011 1101010001 1101000101 010010111 01001101110 10110011010 0111011100 01010111001 110101111 1111011111 1101111101 0100110101 1101010001 01001101001 1011011001 010111 01011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 258
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, at, all, flowers, and, her, she are repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of Chrysanthemums;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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