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

Early in the morning as the moon was in the sky,
Early in the morning I kissed my girl goodbye,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabc aabX aabc ddbX aabX eebX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1000101011001 100010111111 11010101011101 1101101000100 11011101010101 101010101110101 1010101011101 11110100100 101010010111 1111001001011 11110110110101 1101101000100 1101101010100 00100101011101001 11110110110101 11110100100 11110111111001 11110100011001 101011110111 11110100100 1101101001001 001100101011101 101011110111 10110100100
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 215
  • Average number of words per stanza: 43
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 53 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, in, time, and, her, oh, now are repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

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