This is an analysis of the poem In A Cuban Garden that begins with:

HIBISCUS flowers are cups of fire,
(Love me, my lover, life will not stay)... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXaXaaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1001011010 111101011 010101001 010101001 010101110 11010111 1001001011 00111010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 304
  • Average number of words per stanza: 58
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of In A Cuban Garden;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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