This is an analysis of the poem A Wayward Rose that begins with:

Mischievous rose from the rose-tree swaying,
Can I not bind thee nor hold thee?...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaaAabbaaaabbaaA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001001110 11111111 11111111 00110010 10110110 1001110 1011001110 11111011 11110011 01110110 10111110 1001110 1011001110 10010111 10011111 110011010 111110010 1001110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 646
  • Average number of words per stanza: 122
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

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

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines thee is repeated).

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