This is an analysis of the poem To The Small Celandine that begins with:

PANSIES, lilies, kingcups, daisies,
Let them live upon their praises;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabcbcdd eefgfgXh XXgfgfii jjgkgkdd llhXXamm ggXblbii aadfdfdd nnloloXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101010 10101110 1110111 11001110 1111100 10101010 10101101 1010101 1011101 1010001 11101011 1110101 0111111 1011111 10101101 1010100 1011011 1110010 1111111 1111111 1001111 1011011 1111111 1010001 1010101 0010101 1010101 1110101 1011101 1010100 1010101 1110111 1011011 1000101 1010110 1111101 1010100 1110101 1011101 01010111 10110110 10101010 1001100 1111101 1011001 0011101 100100 1100111 10101010 10001010 1011001 1010111 1010101 1111101 1011101 1010101 1000111 1100011 1000101 00101100 1011101 11111010 1011110 1010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 241
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 64
  • 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.

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

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