This is an analysis of the poem The Briar Rose that begins with:
Youth, with an arrogant air,
Passes me by:... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXb cdXd ebeb fgfg agag chch cici jgjg fefX klkl clcl jeje lclc amam flfl hhhX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1011001 1011 1101001 1001 1001011 1111 010101 0101 111011 1101 100111 1101 111101 0111 010101 10101 1111011 1111 010111 1101 110101 0111 1100101 1110 110100 1111 111111 1111 110101 1101 010101 11111 111111 0011 1111101 101100 1101010 1101 1101010 1101 010101 0111 010011 0111 111111 1101 110101 00101 101101 1001 010111 0101 111111 1101 110101 1101 111111 1111 011111 1111 101101 00111 011111 0111
- Amount of stanzas: 16
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 91
- Average number of words per stanza: 19
- Amount of lines: 64
- Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, he are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words 't, he, of are repeated.
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- summary of The Briar Rose;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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