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

Take a feller 'at's sick and laid up on the shelf,
All shaky, and ga'nted, and pore--... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcccc dedeXfXf ggggdhdh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 101011111101 11011011 11111111011 001101101 111101001001 11101111 11111111001 11111111 110111101011 101011101 01011011001 001101011 11111101001 111101001 11111111010 11001011 11010101000 010111001 001001111010 101011101 11101001011 101111011 11011011011 001001111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 337
  • Average number of words per stanza: 68
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, as, him, his, my, eyes are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Them Flowers;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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