This is an analysis of the poem The Myrtle And The Bramble that begins with:

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Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bcbcdbdbeXeXfcfcbgbgadadchchicicaaaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,36,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010 0100001001 01011101 11000101 01010001 11010101 11010101 11010101 11110101 11011101 110100101 11110101 11000101 11011101 10100101 10010101 11010101 010110001 01010111 110111001 01010101 11010101 110101001 01010111 101100001 11110101 01010001 0101001011 11110001 10011101 01010111 110010101 010010111 11110101 1101100110 11010111 110100010
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 619
  • Average number of words per stanza: 112
  • 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; to is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word no is repeated.

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  • summary of The Myrtle And The Bramble;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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