This is an analysis of the poem The Valentine Wreath that begins with:

Rosy red the hills appear
With the light of morning,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcc dedecc fbfbcc gggXcc ghghcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010101 001010 1010101 101010 11010111 1111101 1110101 1001110 1010111 111010 0100110 1111101 10010001 101010 1010001 101010 0010101 1111101 1011101 1010011 1010101 111010 1011101 1111101 1110101 1011100 1011101 1010100 1111101 1111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 172
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of The Valentine Wreath;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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