This is an analysis of the poem Michael Scott’s Wooing that begins with:

ROSE-SHEATHED beside the rosebud tongue
Lurks the young adder's tooth; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaba
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101 101101 11011111 0100111 110100011 110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 213
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 6
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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