This is an analysis of the poem The Little Black Rose Shall Be Red At Last that begins with:

Because we share our sorrows and our joys
And all your dear and intimate thoughts are mine...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcddedeff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 0111110111 11111100111 1111010101 0101111101 11110100111 11110011001 11011111001 0111011101 1001010001 1011010101 1111011101 1111110111 1100111001 1111110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 612
  • Average number of words per stanza: 118
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; and, our, we, one are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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  • history of its creation;
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