This is an analysis of the poem A Bouquet that begins with:
Take first a Cowslip, then an Asphodel,
A bridal Rose, some snowy Orange flowers;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXabcbcdd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101011100 01011101010 0101110101 10110100010 1110010101 11100101010 1011110101 10011101010 0101111111 0111011101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 433
- Average number of words per stanza: 76
- Amount of lines: 10
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- idea of the verse;
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