This is an analysis of the poem To Rosemounde that begins with:

A Balade.
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X XXaXXXXX aXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010 11110111 1111000100 1101010011 111011101 10111101110 11011111111 001100111 1101111110 1111010101 111111110 1101111111 1011011110 110011111 1011110110 1001011100 1101111110 1101100100 1101110110 111110111 111110010 111110110 1110110010 1111111101 1101111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 231
  • Average number of words per stanza: 48
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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  • summary of To Rosemounde;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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