This is an analysis of the poem Rosalind's Madrigal that begins with:

Love in my bosom like a bee,
Doth suck his sweet;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababbbbba ababcccca aXaXdddda aeaeaaaaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10110101 1101 10011101 1001 01111101 01011101 11010101 11111011 11001 10111101 0101 11010011 01001 11111101 11010111 111100101 11011111 11011 110101001 0111 11111101 1110 11110110 11110111 111101101 01101111 01111 10110101 01001 10011001 0101 11110111 111101100 10111101 1011101 111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 256
  • Average number of words per stanza: 54
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; with, his, my, he, you are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words now, he, i'll are repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word ye at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Rosalind's Madrigal;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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