This is an analysis of the poem Love's Last Adieu that begins with:
The roses of Love glad the garden of life,
Though nurtur'd 'mid weeds dropping pestilent dew,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cbcb cbXb dbdb ebeb fbfb gbgb hbhb Xbcb ibibXcbcb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 01001101001 11011101001 11101010001 11011001101 01010011011 01111111001 010110101101 11100101101 11101101101 01011011101 001001111010 11101001101 11111001101 11111101111 11001001001 11101001101 11011101101 101110011001 11111001001 11011001101 11011011011 01001001011 11011001001 01001001101 11101101101 11011001001 01101011001 11001011101 111001001101 01011101011 11101111011 11101001101 111011010100 11011001011 11011101001 01001001101 001001011001 1001111001 01111011101 001001001101 11001101001 11011010001 01011001001 01001001101
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 197
- Average number of words per stanza: 34
- Amount of lines: 44
- Average number of symbols per line: 49 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
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; in, of, his are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words in, his are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word adieu at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Love's Last Adieu;
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- history of its creation;
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