This is an analysis of the poem The Poison-Flower that begins with:

IIN the evergreen shade of an Austral wood,
Where the long branches laced above, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaabXcaac Xaddaaeffe aghhgeicci
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101101101 10110101 111101 011011 101001101 11101100111 101011101 111101 00101 10101101 01100100111 10100101 111101 001101 1011010001 101011010001 111101001 11101 011001 101001011 111001001101 101011011 10101 001011 111001011 111101101001 111101001 101101 101101 101001101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 357
  • Average number of words per stanza: 68
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; her, to, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, that are repeated.

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  • summary of The Poison-Flower;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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