This is an analysis of the poem Flora's Party that begins with:

LADY Flora gave cards for a party at tea,
To flowers, buds, and blossoms of every degree;... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccdXaaddeeffddggaaccaagXaaggffeehhiXddeeaajjggeebbddeeddggeekkffhXeejXggaXeXaaeeeXkkllmmdXnnbXeeddllbXkkddgXeeaallXXooXXnXkkddaXddccggcXaadXiXdXaXgg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 152,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 101011101011 0101110010001 101101011101 11111001001 11001001001 01110011001 10001001011 1110001010 01011001001 001001101001 101011011101 0110011111011 101001101001 011010010010 101011001001 01111001101 0110010101001 11101101001 101011001011 1101111011 101101011011 101001101001 101001001111 111011101011 101101111001 101111001101 1011011111101 11111011111 101001011001 101001111001 01101001011 011001011011 11111011001 11011001011 11001001101 101001111001 101101011101 101101101001 11001001011 1010111010010 11001011001 001111001001 10001101001 101001011011 101111101001 01111001011 1010110110010 1100010011010 11001101011 01101011101 001011011001 101001001101 001101101001 111101001001 01101001001 10100111010001 101011001111 011011101001 1011010011001 111001011001 11001111001 11101111101 01101011101 011101001001 11101111101 101001101001 101111101001 01111101001 11001001001 1110010011010 11001101001 110010001011 0110101110010 110011110010 110001111001 01011101001 010110011001 111111001001 11001011001 11000100100100 11011001001 01101111101 11101000001 101001001001 1110110010011 111011001011 101011001001 11011001001 111011001011 1010100011001 101101101001 11001101001 00101011001 1011010010110 11101001011 101001001011 001001001001 1110111110110 01110011001 0010111010011 1111101011111 01001001111 01001010011 001101101001 111111101001 11011101011 11011011011 11001001001 11001011011 01101101101 111101111001 11101001111 11001011101 101101011001 111011101001 011001001011 111101011000 11001111011 010011010110 011010010010 101010001001 010110010011 001101110001 11100111110010 1011011101001 0110111011110 101101101011 101101011001 111001001011 01101011011 11001111101 101111101101 101101101001 1011010011001 01011011001 101011110001 11011011101 110101001101 1110011111001 10101011010110 11011011001 110110111001 01101011011 111101101011 11011101011 111110110010 11001101001 01101011111 110011101101 101001101001 11111011001 101001001011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 7585
  • Average number of words per stanza: 1383
  • Amount of lines: 152
  • Average number of symbols per line: 49 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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, of, in, from, with, he, her are repeated.

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Flora's Party;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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