This is an analysis of the poem Coleur De Rose that begins with:

I want more lives in which to love
This world so full of beauty, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabacdXdE Xdfdbcgce feXehhihE XgigXfXfe ffXfgihiE
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,9,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110101 0111010 11110101 1101010 11110110 1111110 11110101 1101010 1111 1100100001 1101010 01011101 1101010 110111001 110111 1111011010 010001 0111 11110101 110101 01010111 111111 11110100 110101 11111101 110111 1111 11110101 101101 11010101 101111 11110101 110011 11110111 011111 0111 11011101 110101 11111101 011010 01011101 111101 01110101 011101 1111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 283
  • Average number of words per stanza: 54
  • Amount of lines: 45
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, oh, and are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word there at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word near at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

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