This is an analysis of the poem Daisy that begins with:
Where the thistle lifts a purple crown
Six foot out of the turf, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcb defe ghih haha ieXe Xehe jedg ifkf Xhfh fjjh geke eeae cfkf chfhXhaaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 101010101 111001 10100110101 1100101 01110101 110101 10011101 110011 11010110 11010001 11001111 110101 11001101 1111011 01110111 110101 11111111 110111 1110011101 101111 110100100 1011101 1010101101 10101011 01011101 111101 010100101 101110 01010101 011101 11111111 1100101 11010101 110101 11010001 1010011 01011101 110111 101010100 011101 11010100 110111 01110110 1011001 110100001 111101 01011101 110100 111100111 111111 11010001 010001 11110101 110101 11010001 10100101 10011101 101101 11110101 110011
- Amount of stanzas: 15
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 133
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 60
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; and, sweet, on, still, her, with are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, a, she are repeated.
The author used the same word she at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word day at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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