This is an analysis of the poem The Blessed Present that begins with:
Pluck me yon rose, but say not, '‘T will not last!'
Or that 'To-morrow’s rose may be more sweet.'... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXaaaaaabacbac
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 11111111011 1111011011 1101011101 1011011001 0101011101 01111101001 1100001111 1111111111 1111111101 0011110001 1101010100 1111001101 1110011111 010111101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 678
- Average number of words per stanza: 124
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 48 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; not, ', on are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ' is repeated).
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- summary of The Blessed Present;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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