This is an analysis of the poem Lines On Observing A Blossom On The First Of February, 1796 that begins with:
Sweet flower! that peeping from thy russet stem
Unfoldest timidly, (for in strange sort... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XabcdXXccbecfXXXXfXddceXea
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 26,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 11011001101 1001001011 01110111001 11110111011 010100101110 11110000101 0101001101 10101110101 10111011101 0111011101 1101010101 1010010101 1101111101 1101011101 1001100101 1101101101 110011001001 1111010101 11110110000 100101110110 0101110110 101100101 1001111101 0100010110101 1011010111 1101011100
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1165
- Average number of words per stanza: 193
- Amount of lines: 26
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.
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