This is an analysis of the poem The Flowers that begins with:

Ye offspring of the morning sun,
Ye flowers that deck the smiling plain,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaabbcbbc dededdcbbc fgfgXXaaaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11100101 110110101 11011110 01010101 010111010 110111110 11100101 110101010 110111110 11110101 01001111 011010101 01011101 01110101 011010110 010111110 01011111 110101010 010111110 11111101 11110111 01001100 11010101 010111101 1001101111 110101010 11011101 101101110 1111000010 010011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 373
  • Average number of words per stanza: 65
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of The Flowers;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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