This is an analysis of the poem The Rose: A Ballad that begins with:

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  • Rhyme scheme: a babaXcXcdbdbefeXbgbgfhfh X efefdidicjcXbbbbhbhbkhkX X bdbdXbXbljljlXlfXaXXfgfg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,24,1,24,1,24,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 00101010 1010101 101011110 1111101 10101010 1110001 10111010 1011011 11101010 1110111 11111010 0010101 10111010 1011101 11111010 1110101 10001110 1010101 10101010 1000101 11111010 1010101 10101010 1010101 1 10101010 1010111 10111010 1010101 11101011 1101111 10001111 0010001 1110110 1110111 10111010 10110000 10111010 1010111 10101110 1010101 10111010 1010101 10101010 0010101 10111110 1110011 10111010 10111100 1 00101010 1011101 10111010 0010111 10101010 0010001 10101010 1010101 1001001010 1010101 10101110 1011101 10111010 1110110 11101010 1111111 10101010 1101101 10101010 1010101 10101010 1011101 10101110 1010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 395
  • Average number of words per stanza: 72
  • Amount of lines: 77
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; and is repeated.

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