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

I COME to visit thee agen,
My little flowerless cyclamen;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaabbccXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010110 110100100 01011101 11101100 111101001 01010101 10101111 01110101 01000110 111100111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 331
  • Average number of words per stanza: 66
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, in are repeated.

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  • summary of To A Cyclamen;
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