This is an analysis of the poem The Gaudy Flower that begins with:
WHY does my Anna toss her head,
And look so scornfully around,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaa bcbc XdXd aeae fgfgXdada
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110101 11110001 10110101 01010101 110101011 01010101 10110101 01010111 011111010 01011001 01011101 11011011 11010111 01011001 11011101 01010101 110101001 10010101 010010101 11010001 01000111 01000101 11010111 11011101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 139
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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