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

The saffron of virtue and contentment
Is dissolved in the water-gun of love and affection. ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababbXXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0100101010 00100101011010 1111001011001 10010101 101000101001101110 11101110101 1010010100110 110111001000101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 391
  • Average number of words per stanza: 69
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • Average number of symbols per line: 48 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and are repeated.

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

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