This is an analysis of the poem The Red Rose that begins with:

The little red rose tapped at my window—
Tapped at my window long years ago;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXbXcaXXbXbXXXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0101111110 111101001 1111110011 110101011 11110110100 110101101 1101111110 111111110 1011111110 111100001 1101011010 110101111 1101010010 111111110 1101110111 110101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 667
  • Average number of words per stanza: 131
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; rose is repeated.

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  • summary of The Red Rose;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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