This is an analysis of the poem A Daffodil that begins with:

Pure--throated Flower,
Smelling of Spring,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcb Xaca Xded fbgb dfff fggg dgeg eheh bfXf XchcXefhf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010 10001 1011 0100 10010 11110 011010 10010 10011 1010 11100 1110 110111 1010 01010 11010 10010 10101 101 1101 1010 1111 1001 1101 10100 101101 11110 1111 111101 1011 10010 0101 1101 1111 1101101 1001 1001 10101 111 1101 01001 101001 10101 11101
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 77
  • Average number of words per stanza: 14
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 18 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 3
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; as is repeated.

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

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  • summary of A Daffodil;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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