This is an analysis of the poem Why The Roses Are So Pale that begins with:
O dearest, canst thou tell me why
The rose should be so pale? ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXb cdXd ceXe XaXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11011111 011011 11010100 110001 11011001 110001 110100101 0101101 11010101 110011 11011101 010011 11001111 110010 11001101 111001
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 121
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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; and is repeated.
The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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