This is an analysis of the poem Roses that begins with:

I entered dutiful, God knows,
The room in which I was to sit...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcabaccc defdedfXX gdhgdghaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010011 01011101 01010101 01010101 01110100 11010101 110101111 11110101 11010101 11011111 11100101 11110101 11110101 01010101 11110001 01010101 01010100 11010110 1110101 111100001 10101101 11011101 11110011 11110101 11010111 01010101 11110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 299
  • Average number of words per stanza: 57
  • Amount of lines: 29
  • 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; i, and, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, and are repeated.

    The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Roses;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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