This is an analysis of the poem Thorns that begins with:
As we pass by the roses,
Into your finger-tip... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcddeeX Xabcddeea
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,9,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111010 001101 1101 110111 101001 111101 101111 1001010 1111010 110111 1001 111111 100011 101111 111111 1101010
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 214
- Average number of words per stanza: 42
- Amount of lines: 17
- Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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- summary of Thorns;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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