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

When I was little and good
I walked in the dappled wood... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb ccaa bbddXaacc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111010 1100101 1111001 11001011 0100101 1101111 0111001 1001001 11001101 011111 0111011 0111001 1101111 1011101 1111111 1100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 126
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less 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 is repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

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

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