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

Here in my garden at the long day's close
I sing again her Majesty the Rose.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabbccaX aadebbaa aabbffaa ggggdeaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1011010111 1101010001 0111010101 1100010101 0101011101 1101110101 1101010101 100011100010 0101010101 0111010001 0101011101 11010100100 01010010101 1001010101 1111010001 0111010001 1111110101 0101011111 010010100101 1101010110 11010010111 0101011101 1111111101 1111010001 1001001111 0101001111 11010100101 01010001101 0111010001 0110110100 11010111001 1101010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 334
  • Average number of words per stanza: 58
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (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; her is repeated.

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

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

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