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

Violets, in what pleasant earth you grew
I know not, nor what heavenly moisture stole... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcX dedeXcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
  • Metre: 1000110111 11111100101 0100110111 1101110101 1101011111 1011010111 1101110101 1111110010 10110101010 1101110101 11100110110 1011001111 1101110011 11010011100
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 153
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • 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 Violets;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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