This is an analysis of the poem Advice To A Butter-Cup that begins with:

Undistinguished butter-cup
Lost among myriads of others,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AXXbXXXX AXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010101 10110010 0011101 111010 1101010001 101110001 10011111 1101000111 1010101 1110101010 101110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 181
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 11
  • 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.

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

  • summary of Advice To A Butter-Cup;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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