This is an analysis of the poem The Rose And The Fern that begins with:

LADY, life's sweetest lesson wouldst thou learn,
Come thou with me to Love's enchanted bower... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaab cXccX dedde
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 1011010111 11010101010 11010100101 01110101001 0101010 1101111111 1101001101 1011110001 1111110101 01010010 1101011101 11001010111 1111010111 1101011101 101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 211
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (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; to is repeated.

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