This is an analysis of the poem The Faded Bouquet that begins with:

FAIR was this blushing ROSE of May,
And fresh it hail'd morn's breezy hour,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaXbcbc dcdceXXX fgfgXaXa ghXhieie eXeXdjdj bcbckhkh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101 110111010 11010111 10000111 10010111 010110001 110100101 11010101 11011001 11010101 11010101 11010101 01010101 01010101 10010100 010100111 11010101 11101101 110100101 11010101 11110101 11110101 11011101 01110111 11011101 01011101 111101100 01001101 11010101 11011101 110100101 11110101 100101001 01010111 10110101 01010111 11110101 01111101 11010101 11010101 11101111 111101001 11110111 11010111 01001101 1101100101 110010101 11011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 289
  • Average number of words per stanza: 50
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; this, my, thy are repeated.

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of The Faded Bouquet;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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