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

O poet! above all men blest,
Take heed that thus thou store them;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaabcdeedddddfgfhXhchggagag
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 28,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11001111 1111110 11111101 11011101 10010100 101100101 10110011 100111101 01011101 010100011 11111101 11011101 11010001 110011101 11110101 11010101 10111101 0011000100 01110100 0011110 10111101 1011110 11110000 010000101 11110101 110111 1010111 010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 916
  • Average number of words per stanza: 171
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • 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; of is repeated.

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  • summary of Flowers;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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