This is an analysis of the poem Rose-Morals that begins with:
I. -- Red.
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X abXb baba aaaa b bcbc bXbX dbdb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,1,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11 111110 11011111 1000110100 0001 111111 11111101 1111110101 1111 111101 01011101 1101110111 1111 11 111001 010100111 1101010011 0101 010111 11010010 1101111111 1000 1001001 11101101 11001011011 1111
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 102
- Average number of words per stanza: 18
- Amount of lines: 27
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of are repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase there connects the lines.
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