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

When God first viewed the rose He'd made
He smiled, and thought it passing fair;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcbcb cdcdaXaX ceceXfXf gagahXhX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110111 11110101 01010111 11011101 11000101 11011101 11011101 11011101 010010101 1101101001 01010101 011110001 111101011 11011101 10110101 01010101 11111001 11010101 01010111 10010101 111100101 100011111 110101010 11010111 11010101 01011111 10010101 01010101 11110111 11010101 11010111 01000101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 304
  • Average number of words per stanza: 54
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • 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 Roses;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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