This is an analysis of the poem Buttercups And Daisies that begins with:

I never see a young hand hold
The starry bunch of white and gold,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccccdede ffggXebbhehe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010111 01010111 11011101 01010011 110100001 110100011 110111001 11011111 11110101 110010010 01111111 1101110 11011101 01110101 11111111 01111101 10101110 11010101 111100111 11111101 11010111 0101110 011101111 0101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 424
  • Average number of words per stanza: 80
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • 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.

    The poet repeated the same word daisies at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

  • summary of Buttercups And Daisies;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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