This is an analysis of the poem My Pretty Rose Tree that begins with:

A flower was offered to me,
Such a flower as May never bore; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXX abXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01011001 101011101 111101011 111011010 111011011 01011111 1111010100 101011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 147
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; flower, my are repeated.

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  • summary of My Pretty Rose Tree;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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