This is an analysis of the poem Roses And Pearls that begins with:

YOUR spoken words are roses fine and sweet,
The songs you sing are perfect pearls of sound....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101110111 0111101101 1101000111 01010110101 1001010101 1001110111 1101111101 1101111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 352
  • Average number of words per stanza: 66
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Roses And Pearls;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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