This is an analysis of the poem A Worn Rose that begins with:

Where to-day would a dainty buyer
Imbibe your scented juice,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababbabc adeecdae
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101101010 011101 110001010 11100001 110011 110000010 01011111 111100 100111110 111011 11110101 11011111 1011101 110001 10010010010 10100111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 258
  • Average number of words per stanza: 50
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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.

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  • summary of A Worn Rose;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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