This is an analysis of the poem Gone For Ever that begins with:

O happy rosebud blooming
Upon thy parent tree, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaXba abaaba cdccdc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101010 011101 1111010 1101100 110110 1011010 1101110 100111 1100110 1100110 110111 1111110 1111110 111111 1001010 1101010 111101 1011110
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 171
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (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.

  • 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 word too is repeated.

    The author used the same word o at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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