This is an analysis of the poem Amantium Irae that begins with:

When this, our rose, is faded,
And these, our days, are done,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd eaeaXbXb XfefXgXXXddddbgbg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,17,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011010 111111 0101010 010101 1111010 110101 1101010 011111 1011011 111111 0101011 011101 110110000 110101 01011000 011111 1101110 110101 01010010 111011 1111010 111101 1011111 110101 1111110 100111 1100110 010101 1101010 110101 1101110 110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 222
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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.

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

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

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  • summary of Amantium Irae;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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