This is an analysis of the poem She Has Made Me Wayside Posies that begins with:

She has made me wayside posies: here they stand,
Bringing fresh memories of where they grew. ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabba acXaac
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 11111110111 1011000111 11110000111 11001110011 1111111101 1011011111 0111011111 110010010101 1100011101 1100001111 10110001110 0111001101 1111011101 01001101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 320
  • Average number of words per stanza: 60
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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