This is an analysis of the poem A Contemplation Upon Flowers that begins with:
BRAVE flowers--that I could gallant it like you,
And be as little vain!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcc dedeaa fgfgcc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 11011110011 101101 1101110101 10110101 11111111 1101010101 1101111111 1101001 1111110101 110101 1111110111 1111110011 1110111101 110011 1101111101 111111 11010111111 1111010111
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 238
- Average number of words per stanza: 46
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, you, your, to are repeated.
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- summary of A Contemplation Upon Flowers;
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- history of its creation;
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