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

Thy fruit full well the schoolboy knows,
Wild bramble of the brake!... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcacadededfdfcgcghihijkjkelXl
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 32,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110111 110001 11111111 110101 110011101 10101010 11100101 1101010 11010101 110111 01110100 110101 11001101 111101 11111111 111100 110101101 110101 01110101 1100101 01100101 0111001 0100101011 110101 11110111 0111010 011101101 1101010 11000111 111001 010101110 010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1040
  • Average number of words per stanza: 189
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words how, the are repeated.

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