This is an analysis of the poem To The Daisy (Fourth Poem) that begins with:

Sweet Flower! belike one day to have
A place upon thy Poet's grave, ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabccdb ccefffe ccghhhg ggeiiie hXjeeej kkebbbe eekgggk cdaeeea hhgXgggXeeakkka
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,15,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 110101101 01011101 110111 11111111 11010101 11111100 110101 11010101 10111101 010101 01110101 11110101 11111101 010101 11011101 11111101 010101 01111111 11010101 11110001 011001 11110111 01010101 011101 0110011010 111111010 1111000110 010101 11010101 01001110 110101 11110111 11011001 11010111 111101 11010101 11010001 011101 11010111 100110111 01010111 110001 10000010101 01110101 010111 01111111 01010111 11110001 110111 11010101 11010100 1001111 01011111 11010101 11111101 111001 11011101 10010101 111101 01010110 11010111 11110101 111111 11000111 01010111 011101 01111101 01010111 111101111 010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 238
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 70
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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