This is an analysis of the poem On Some Rose Leaves Brought From The Vale Of Cashmere that begins with:

Faded and pale their beauty, vanished their early bloom,
Their folded leaves emit alone a sweet though faint perfume,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb XXcc ddXX eecc ffgg aahh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1011110101101 11010101011101 111101110011111 11011101011010 100100111101100 010111010010111 01110101110101 100111000110101 10010001011101 110111011011101 01000101111111 01010101010100 11110101110101 111001001010111 111101010010101 11100111100101 10110111011101 110101010101001 100110110111011 010101010111011 10111111011101 11101110101101001 10011101010101 1011111110101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 255
  • Average number of words per stanza: 47
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 63 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 12
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; their, of, as, in, its, and, her, there, s are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word of is repeated.

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

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

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  • history of its creation;
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