This is an analysis of the poem Roses Only that begins with:

You do not seem to realize that beauty is a liability rather
than...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabcdXXca efbgfXcgfdXgdeXXe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,17,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110101110001010010 1 111101001110011 111010010 111111101000 10111 100010110101001001 101101 10101011 01010010101110100 0111 010010100100 101001011011 11001010111011 100 01011101001110 0110011110 10010001 10000111101010 100111 11010101011010 0111010100 100100100110101000 00110010000101001 1011000 11101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 525
  • Average number of words per stanza: 91
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (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; that, of, you, to are repeated.

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

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