The Rose's Secret by Madison Julius Cawein: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem The Rose's Secret that begins with:

When down the west the new moon slipped,
A curved canoe that dipped and tipped,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaabcbcbcc dddeeeeeff ggghchchff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010111 01011111 10010101 10010111 11010101 11010111 01010101 11111111 01001111 01010101 11110101 11110101 11110101 11011101 11010111 01011101 01111101 10011111 01110111 01110101 11111111 110011101 01010101 11110101 11011111 11111101 10010001 11111101 01010101 01010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 351
  • Average number of words per stanza: 70
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; as, i are repeated.

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

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