This is an analysis of the poem Christmas Roses that begins with:

White-faced Winter Roses,
O'er the grave I plant you... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXabcbc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111010 1001111 101100 101111 111010 00101 111010 10001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 202
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • 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 punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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