This is an analysis of the poem Night Coming Into A Garden that begins with:

Roses red and white,
Every rose is hanging her head,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab caca aXac dbdb ecec
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111 100101001 10010101 100101101 111011010 10111 111111001110 101001 0111001 11010110101 101001101 101110110 1101011110 11100111 1111111010110 11001001 11111001011 00111111010 11111011001 111110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 152
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; she, and are repeated.

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

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases calling, falling connect the lines.

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