This is an analysis of the poem Yea, The Roses Are Still On Fire that begins with:

Yea, the roses are still on fire
With the bygone heat of July, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbab cddcd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101011110 00111001 101101101 1011110010 00101101 100111110 110111001 0010100101 1111111010 11100111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 187
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Yea, The Roses Are Still On Fire;
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  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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