This is an analysis of the poem Tell Me, Is The Rose Naked? that begins with:
Tell me, is the rose naked
Or is that her only dress?...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xa ba ab XX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1100110 1010101 11101 010011 11001 00101001 0110100110 10110001
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 56
- Average number of words per stanza: 11
- Amount of lines: 8
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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