This is an analysis of the poem What The Flowers Saw that begins with:

She came through shade and shine,
By scarlet trumpetvine... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXAbcbacddaaAabaabeebbAfgfaghhiiAdfdaf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 40,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111111 110100 110100 110111 11 0101001011 1100101 10100101 111111111 1111111 100101 111011 0101001 111101 11 01011101 011101 110101101 001011111 010111 110101 111001 100111 10100111 11 1101011001 0111100 110010101 11110111 111101 110101 1111001 111101 110111 11 011100111 111001001 110110111 101000111 110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1190
  • Average number of words per stanza: 230
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; as, and, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words as, the, all, not, and are repeated.

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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