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

Fair and peaceful daisies,
Smiling in the grass,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababb cdcdd aeaee cfcff dgdgg hahaa aaXaa ijijjXagagg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111010 10001 111110 10111 110111010111 001010 10111 100010 10101 110101110001 100011 10101 001011 10101 110101001101 101110 11101 101010 11111 110101110001 101010 101111 101010 10001 111001100101 101010 01101 110010 00111 111111010101 101110 11001 100110 11101 01011010100101 111010 10011 001010 11101 010101010101 101010 11011 101010 10101 1100110101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 144
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 45
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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