This is an analysis of the poem O Silver Rose that begins with:

THE dark hour turns so slowly and so sweet,
The last still hour soft-fallen from the stars. ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaX bcbc dedeXaeae
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 01101110111 01110110001 0101111111 110110 11110010001 1101110111 1111110111 011111 1001000101110 0011011111 110111100010 111011 1111101101 1111111111 0101110111 111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 160
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; me is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, life are repeated.

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  • summary of O Silver Rose;
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  • history of its creation;
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