This is an analysis of the poem With A Bouquet Of Twelve Roses that begins with:

I saw Lord Buddha towering by my gate
Saying: "Once more, good youth, I stand and wait." ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaabbXX ccXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 11110100111 101010111110 10101111101 10110010101 0101111111 0101000111 0100010001 101100001110 100011111011 10111011101 11101010111 1101110101 0111011101 0111110100100
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 333
  • Average number of words per stanza: 57
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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

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  • summary of With A Bouquet Of Twelve Roses;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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