This is an analysis of the poem The Grave And The Rose that begins with:

The Grave said to the Rose,
"What of the dews of dawn, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbXbXXX ccdXXdXXA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011001 1000101 11011010 1010101 011011 01110000 011001 0111001 001101 001111 1011010 1010101 110011 110101 0111010 011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 251
  • Average number of words per stanza: 43
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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; what, of, and are repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of The Grave And The Rose;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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