This is an analysis of Classical Roses by Igor Severyanin.

Once, when the dreams would bloom - the times were those -
In peoples hearts, transparent and aflame,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab acacXabab
  • Stanza lengths: 4,9,
  • Metre: 1101110101 0101010101 11110010010 01101011011 001110011 0101010111 11110011010 0100010101 1111110001 1001011011 11110000010 1110010111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 12

Repeated words/phrases

my, of

Anaphora

the