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

Once in a golden hour
I cast to earth a seed.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab caca dcdc babX dbXb Xbdb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001010 110101 111010 010101 01111 111010 1100001 111110 10111 010101 1101001 10111 10111 11001110 110101 1000101 111010 11111 1110101 111101 1111001 111101 1101010 10101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 107
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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

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