This is an analysis of the poem How Pansies Or Hearts-Ease Came First that begins with:

Frolic virgins once these were,
Overloving, living here;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaabbbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010110 1000101 1011101 1111111 1010011 1110100 11101110 10111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 263
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • 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; their is repeated.

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  • summary of How Pansies Or Hearts-Ease Came First;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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