This is an analysis of the poem Three Flowers that begins with:

I made a little song about the rose
And sang it for the rose to hear,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXa bcbc cXXX cdcd ebeb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101010101 11010101 1101010101 010111001 0111110001 11010111 01110100101 11011111 1011011001 01000100 1101010110 01011000 10110100011 11110001 1111011001 11010111 11111101101 010101001 0111110111 11010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 152
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • 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; white is repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Three Flowers;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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