This is an analysis of the poem Lady, When I Behold The Roses Sprouting that begins with:

Lady, when I behold the roses sprouting,
Which clad in damask mantles deck the arbours, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXabb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10110101010 11010101010 11011111110 11011001010 1101011011010 10010011111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 293
  • Average number of words per stanza: 51
  • Amount of lines: 6
  • Average number of symbols per line: 48 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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