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

Pluck this little flower and take it, delay not! I fear lest it
droop and drop into the dust. ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aa XbX Xb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,3,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1010101100111110 1110001 111101011011000010 10111101110110111 01101010011 1010011101011010 01101101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 130
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 7
  • Average number of symbols per line: 56 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 12
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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