This is an analysis of the poem The Wild Rose that begins with:

High climbs June's wild rose,
Her bush all blooms in a swarm;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcddac efdfegeXhghi daadiffjjgaggakgk
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,12,17,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11111 0111001 1100111 00110101 100111 0100100111 1111 1111 1001 01100101 0101010011 10010111 00100101 1001 10011001 110010101 1100110 10110111 1101001 1001001001 01111001 1110100101 100100111 10100110001 11111001 110101101 11011101001 11001011 10010010 110111110110 101111 01011001 0100100111 100100111 1100100101 0100101001 0110101 010110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 415
  • Average number of words per stanza: 82
  • Amount of lines: 38
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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  • summary of The Wild Rose;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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