This is an analysis of the poem One Perfect Rose that begins with:

A single flow'r he sent me, since we met.
All tenderly his messenger he chose;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaB XXaBXabaB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0101111111 1100010011 1101010111 1011 1101000100 110100111100 1111010100 1011 1001110111 1011011101 1101111101 1011
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 138
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; one is repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word rose at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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