This is an analysis of the poem Night Flowers of The Tropics that begins with:

Sometimes the strident reds and burning blues,
The raw vermillions and magenta hues...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaabbaaccdXXXeedd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0101011101 0110010101 1111010111 1111010101 1101010101 0101010111 110001000101 1101010111 1101010101 1101001101 1101010101 0101010110 01011101001 0101110101 1101010111 0111010101 1001101000101 110101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 781
  • Average number of words per stanza: 131
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Night Flowers of The Tropics;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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