This is an analysis of the poem Rose Leaves that begins with:

When they shall close my careless eyes
And look their last upon my face,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcc dXdeeX ffffgg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111101 11110111 111101101 010101 010101010 111110110 11111101 10111111 10010101 010100 1111101010 0101011100 11110111 11110011 111111011 110011 01011101 01011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 214
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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

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