This is an analysis of the poem Rose Leaves When The Rose Is Dead that begins with:
See how the rose leaves fall
The rose leaves fall and fade:... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXbb Acacc adadd adadd aeaee aaaaa Aeaee acacc afaff acacc agagg aaaaa ahahX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110111 011111 110101100 111101 101111 110111 100101 1111010101 100100 110101 110111 011111 1100111101 11001001 011101 110111 110101 1101110101 110111 110101 111111 110101 0101101111 100111 110101 111111 1101001 1001110101 010101 101100 110111 111101 0101011100 1101101 100111 111101 011111 1011010101 1011001 000111 111111 010111 1101100111 011101 010101 110111 010101 1101100011 011111 100111 010111 100111 0111010101 010101 110101 110111 011111 0110011101 110101 101111 110101 011101 0101110101 010111 01001010
- Amount of stanzas: 13
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 158
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 65
- 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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words how, and, the are repeated.
The author used the same word how at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase fall connects the lines.
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