This is an analysis of the poem The Daisy - On Finding One In Bloom On Christmas-Day that begins with:

There is a flower, a little flower
With silver crest and golden eye,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd eded bfbf ghgh hdhd cccc gigi jejeXdfdf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 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: 1001001010 01011101 1101001010 1101001 01010001 01110101 11011101 110101 101100101 11111101 100110001 010001 01010101 01010101 11010101 1100101 01011101 11010101 101010101 0100001 101100101 10010101 11010001 110101 01010101 01011001 11110101 010001 01010101 01110101 01110101 1100101 110101001 010010111 010001001 110101 11111111 01010101 01110101 010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 130
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; its is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

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