This is an analysis of the poem Faustina, or Rock Roses that begins with:

Tended by Faustina
yes in a crazy house...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdcXe XXcdfee cegegXd gXehijb kilgcbe eebbbjX iXXbhXX ichXaXX jihblfi jbiikic gbjeeXX jheXefe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101110 100101 010101 101010 100101 00110100 10010 0110100 010111 0111010 101010 101010 1110010 0101 11101 01001110 011101 100111 10011 1101011 0111 0100001 0111000 101111 0100110 1010110 10001100 0101 00100111 0100101 10101 010111 111101 010101 11010 10010 10011 111010 110111 101000 101010 1100 01000010 11111 110100 1011001 111010 110001101 101000 11101 110101 101001010 01010100 0110010 010101 01010 0100010 0100010 1101010 010011 100101 0100010 100 1011011 101110 1001011 1000101 010100011 1100111 11010 00100010 110011 011100 110110 1011110 010100 10000 1011010 0111010 11010010 1001001 01101010 110111 1010
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 174
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 84
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; by is repeated.

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Faustina, or Rock Roses;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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