This is an analysis of the poem When The Rose Is Faded that begins with:

When the rose is faded,
Memory may still dwell on ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab Xcbc XXXX XdXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101010 1001111 01010 10111 11001000 11001 110111 1101 100101 1101 1010 0100 11110 1001101 101101 1101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 96
  • Average number of words per stanza: 16
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of When The Rose Is Faded;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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