This is an analysis of the poem To A Bunch Of Wild Flowers that begins with:

OH ! deem me not cruel, bright, many-hu'd flowers,
That I bear you away from the meads and the bowers, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aABBcCdd eeffgghh aabbiiaa eeeeXbee eeaaeeff eeddeeXgXaABBcCdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,17,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111110110110 1111010011010 101011111001 101100101001 111101011011 01101001011 011110001111 111011101111 1011110101011 111001101011 111001111011 1011011110001 101011111011 101001101001 1111011011001 001101101101 101001101101 101101001101 101001011001 101001001001 1011011010011 110001001001 101001001111 101011001011 101001101101 101001101111 101101101011 1010001011011 101011101010 10100111001011 11001001011 011001001001 101101001101 011001001101 1010010110101 101001001101 101001011001 101011011001 11101101011 01011101011 101101011101 101101101111 111101001001 101101101101 11011001101 010001001011 101001001010 001001001001 111110110110 1111010011010 101011111001 101100101001 111101011011 01101001011 01111001111 111011101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 423
  • Average number of words per stanza: 76
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • Average number of symbols per line: 52 (very long 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, his, as, of are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word he at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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