This is an analysis of the poem An Embroidery that begins with:

Rose Red's hair is brown as fur
and shines in firelight as she prepares...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXcd be fgegbX bahX ed eXfebiXXbj bhjk cbkX hiXjkk
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,2,6,4,2,10,4,4,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110111 1101001101 10010110111 10111010 1011 1111 1000110 111110 1001010 01001 1101 1001111 011101 111010 1101 1110010 1011 1110010010 010010 01011111 1001 000101011 01011001 01000010 101 11111 011101 111111 11101 11010 1010 100101101 10101 1100111010 1101001001 00101 1101001 111100110 111 10101 10011 0110011 1001
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 129
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 43
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of, rose, song are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word rose at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

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

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