This is an analysis of the poem Three Songs Of Shattering that begins with:

I
The first rose on my rose-tree...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a abab cdcd X eaXA fgfg eaXA X AcXcXAaaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,1,4,4,4,1,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 0111111 101110 1011101 1010 1011111 101010 11100110 1010 1 101011 101011 010111110 110011 10101 10111 1110111 110101 001011 101011 010111110 110011 1 101110110101 10111000101 11111000101110 10101011111 101110110101 110101001 1110111110111 110111011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 102
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 31
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Three Songs Of Shattering;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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