This is an analysis of the poem With A Flower that begins with:

I hide myself within my flower,
That wearing on your breast,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbXbAcXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111101110 110111 11010111 110101 111101110 110011 11010111 110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 232
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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