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

Sweet water-moons, blown into lights
   Of flying gold on pool and creek, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababacac dedefgfg cfcfXhXh ihihjcjc dkdklmlm hnhnadad ohohkjkj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11011001 11011111 11011101 11011101 11011101 11010101 01010001 11010101 11011101 11011101 11110101 11011101 110101001 11011111 01011101 11011101 11011101 11011111 01110101 11110110 111111010 110010111 010111110 10110101 01111111 11111101 11110101 11010111 11110101 11010101 11011101 11010101 01111101 10111101 11110101 11111101 11010101 11010101 01110101 11111101 110101001 11011111 11011111 11010101 010100001 11011111 010101001 11011101 11010101 11010111 10010101 11110111 11110111 11011111 110011111 110101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 371
  • Average number of words per stanza: 56
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; and, to, you, rose, i are repeated.

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

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