This is an analysis of the poem The Sermon Of The Rose that begins with:
Wilful we are in our infirmity
Of childish questioning and discontent.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbacbbadebdeX fddffddfghcghc bffbXffbigdigd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,14,14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1011010100 0101001001 10001100101 1101011100 1101101000 0101010001 0110111100 1101010100 0111011101 1001100101 0001011101 0011111111 1101011101 0101010100 1111010101 011110111 1111110101 0101010111 1111110101 0111000110 1111010111 1001010101 0101000110 1101010101 1001010101 0101010101 0101001101 1101010111 11001011101 0101010111 1111010101 1101011101 1111010100 1111011101 0101000111 0101010111 1111011101 1101110101 0101011101 0101000101 1111110101 01001000111
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 588
- Average number of words per stanza: 110
- Amount of lines: 42
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, and, in, rose, of, how, sweet are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Sermon Of The Rose;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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