This is an analysis of the poem By The Peonies that begins with:
The peonies bloom, white and pink.
And inside each, as in a fragrant bowl,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXX XaaX XXbaXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01001111 1011100101 0101010111010 101001000111 101101001 1011110010 111011001001 1111010011 1101011111 101010010101 01101110 11001101110 01001000010100100
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 142
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 13
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
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.
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