This is an analysis of the poem If The Foolish, Call Them "Flowers" that begins with:
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If the foolish, call them "flowers"—... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X XaXa XbXb XXXX Xbbb XXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 00101010000 10101 0010100000 00111 1110100000 11101 111011000 01001 11101110000 1000100 11101011 1010100 10111101 10100 1011110 00101 10111110 11111 101011000 1111010
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 107
- Average number of words per stanza: 15
- Amount of lines: 21
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 4
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.
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