This is an analysis of the poem Rosemary that begins with:

Above her, pearl and rose the heavens lay;
Around her, flowers scattered earth with gold,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaXb bcXbc dedde dfddf Xdggd bhbbh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0101110101 0101010101 1101010011 11011101011 1011010101 0101111101 1101101111 10111111010 0101100101 0101010111 0111010111 01001110111 1111010111 1101110101 0101000111 0101111101 10010010101 0111111111 10011010101 01111001001 1111000101 11110101011 1111111101 0001110101 111100101111 0101011111 0101010101 0101110111 110001101111 1110010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 220
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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  • summary of Rosemary;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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