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

I send you here a wreath of blossoms blown,
And woven flowers at sunset gathered, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbXacca dedecX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1111010101 1101011110 01011101011 1101011101 1011010001 11110100110 11111100110 100110110101 11010101010 1111111111 10111001110 1011010111 1101010110 0111111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 316
  • Average number of words per stanza: 58
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; time is repeated.

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

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