This is an analysis of the poem Charms that begins with:

SWEET is a rosebud, pink or red,
And sweet are the blooms of May,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcXcd efefcdcd ghghcdcd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10010111 1110101 1100100111 1100101 1010101101 0111100 111101110111 10101010 100100101 1100101 1100100101 1010111 010100101 01011010 11101110111 101001110 101110111 11101110 1101101000 01111010 1010100101 0110111110 11101111101 101011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 302
  • Average number of words per stanza: 61
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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; sweet, fair, to, dear, we are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Charms;
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  • history of its creation;
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