If I Could Bribe Them By A Rose by Emily Dickinson: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem If I Could Bribe Them By A Rose that begins with:

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Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X aabXXb ccadda eeXf XXf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,6,6,4,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 01110101 1101001011 010010 111111110 111111000 110011 01110101 11000101 010101 10010101 10010101 110101 10111 111 11110000 111101 1100010100 111100110 010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 114
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5

  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

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

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

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  • summary of If I Could Bribe Them By A Rose;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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