This is an analysis of the poem Do I Look Like A Rose? that begins with:

Do I...
Look like a rose? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCDCC AAEDF AXgcX AAEDF ABCDCCXc acca dddXd XXgb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,5,5,5,8,4,5,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11 1101 0110 1111 011001 01101 11 11 11011001 1011 110110 11 110 111001 011001 0010100 11 11 11011001 1011 110110 11 1101 0110 1111 011001 01101 0111001 11111 1111 110011 01001 110 10101 10110111 11101 00101 101001 0010101 1110101 00110111 1101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 107
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • Average number of symbols per line: 20 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you is repeated.

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

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines i is repeated).

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  • summary of Do I Look Like A Rose?;
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