This is an analysis of the poem Daisy, I Have Sought For Thee that begins with:

Daisy, I have sought for thee
In the garden, on the lea,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb cdcd ddee dfdf aagg bhbh iiee aaaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011111 0010101 1011101 0111101 1110101 1010101 10101001 1010101 10101011 1011011 1010101 1000111 1011011 10111001 1111111 1110101 1100111 1010101 1110111 1000011 1110110 1011101 100100011 1111001 1110101 1011101 10101011 1110101 1111101 1011101 11011101 1100110
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 119
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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