This is an analysis of the poem The Tuft Of Flowers that begins with:

I went to turn the grass once after one
Who mowed it in the dew before the sun. ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aa aa bb Xa cX dX cc ee dd dd ff ee gg hh gg aa ee aa ee ii cX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1101011101 1100010101 0111110111 0111010101 1111011101 1101011101 1111010111 1110111001 1111110111 1011010110 1111011111 110010010101 10010011101 11010010101 1111011111 111101100101 1111111111 11110011101 1101011101 1111010101 1111111101 10110100101 0101010111 0101010111 1111010111 1001011111 0100011101 1100010111 1101110101 1011010101 0101111101 1001010001 11110100101 11011100001 1101010011 1111111101 1101111001 1101110101 11010011001 0111111101 11100111001 1011010110
  • Amount of stanzas: 21
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 87
  • Average number of words per stanza: 17
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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; i, to, and, them, with are repeated.

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

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

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

  • summary of The Tuft Of Flowers;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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