This is an analysis of the poem Rose And Leaf that begins with:

All the roses now are gone,
All their glories shed:... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaab aXaaX ccccc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 1010111 11101 1011111 1010101 11101 1011111 10111 1011101 1010101 11110 1111111 10111 0110101 1001111 11101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 139
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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