This is an analysis of the poem Christmas Roses that begins with:
O Ye laggard comers
Of the rosy summers! ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbcdd aaeeffddXaacceedd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,17,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111010 001010 101010 101010 1010 101110101 1001011101 111110 101010 10111 10101 1110010 1110 101110101 101110101 101110 101010 10111 01101 101111 1111 101011101 1101000101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 264
- Average number of words per stanza: 37
- Amount of lines: 23
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
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