This is an analysis of the poem The Picture Of Little T. C. In A Prospect Of Flowers that begins with:

SEE with what simplicity
   This nymph begins her golden days! ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xabaaacc adaeeddd fafggaff hiheeieeXaaaiiabb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,17,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010100 11010101 10111101 11001111 110101101 11000101 1011 1101010111 11011111 11000111 10011101 11011111 11000101 10111101 1011 01010010001 11110110 110011001 11111101 10110111 11010111 10111101 1101 1111010011 101100101 10111101 100100001 11010111 11010111 11001101 1101 11001010101 11110001 110101110 100101101 11010111 11010011 110110101 1111 1001011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 401
  • Average number of words per stanza: 50
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 49 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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