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

A POOR lost princess, weary and worn,
Came over the down by the wind-washed moor, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab acac cdcd efef agag
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011101011 1100110111 1011110101 1110010101 110111001 100110111 0010100101 1011101001 1010100111 1011101101 11101101001 111100101 111100101 110101101 100100101 1110101001 11111111 1101100101 11100110111 0010110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 166
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • 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; and, her, his, gold are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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

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