This is an analysis of the poem The Flower that begins with:

A flower - shrivelled, bare of fragrance,
Forgotten on a page - I see,...

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX abab cdcd aaaa X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,1,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0101001010 01010111 110011010 10110100 10010101100 11110111 110111010 11111001 010101010 01000101 110101110 01010101 010101100 101101010 101101010 100100010 010110101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 119
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; by is repeated.

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