This is an analysis of the poem The Rose Of The World that begins with:

WHO dreamed that beauty passes like a dream?
For these red lips, with all their mournful pride,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbabcddcdbeebe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 1111010101 1111011101 1011110101 11010111001 110101 11010011101 0111110111 1011001101 1001011001 110101 1111001101 0110110101 1011110101 1101000101 0101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 591
  • Average number of words per stanza: 109
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; and is repeated.

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

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