This is an analysis of the poem The Rosy Bosom’d Hours that begins with:

A florin to the willing Guard
Secured, for half the way,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaXcdcdaeaefafaXgfghahaaaaahihicXcejejekdkdclclcbcbceckkcXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 60,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01000101 011101 11101101 010011 010010101 011001 11111111 110111 11001101 110101 100110101 010101 11110101 010101 11101101 0101101 010111010 010011 11101111 110101 11010111 011101 11010101 110101 110010111 100101 110010111 110111 11111111 110111 10110111 111111 11001101 010101 11110101 010101 11110101 011101 11111101 011111 01110111 110101 01101100 110101 11010101 110101 111100011 110111 11111101 110100 11110101 011001 11011101 111111 11010101 010111 11011101 0101001 11111110 0100110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1888
  • Average number of words per stanza: 348
  • Amount of lines: 60
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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 is repeated.

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

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