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

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I dream of a red-rose tree.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a aaa X bbccaacdA X eeX X ffbbeeggA a Xhh a iijjddkkA X ggg X llXXmmkkA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,3,1,9,1,3,1,9,1,3,1,9,1,3,1,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 1100111 1100101 0010101 1 11110101 001001101001 1001010110 1001101010 11010111 101101101 100110101010 10111110110 110111111 1 111101 111111 1101000 1 11111101 11100011 1111110111 111111011 10011001 11111101 1101010010 11111010110 110111111 1 1111100 110101 111101 1 11100101 011010101 101101110 111101110 10111111 11110101 1011101000010 10111110110 110111111 1 110101 110111 110011 1 11110101 10110101 100111100 100111110 110100101 010110101 1011100101010 10001010110 110111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 16
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 115
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, rose, you, thy, what are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, thy are repeated.

    The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines you is repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase i connects the lines.

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