This is an analysis of the poem Hollyhocks that begins with:

Old-fashioned flowers! I love them all:
The morning-glories on the wall,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccdd eeffbbff gghheecc iiggggXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110101101 01010101 01001101 010010001 01011101 11010101 1100100101 01010101 01010001 01011101 11010111 11011101 01110001 01011101 11011111 01010111 01110101 11110101 01110101 11100111 11111101 011011101 10010111 01010101 01001111 01011101 01110101 01010111 11011111 11010111 01110110 11000101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 278
  • Average number of words per stanza: 50
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • 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.

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

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

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

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