Analysis of Daffodils
William Henry Ogilvie 1869 (Scotland) – 1963
Ho! You there, selling daffodils along the windy street,
Poor drooping, dusty daffodils - but oh! so Summer sweet!
Green stems that stab with loveliness, rich petal-cups to hold
The wine of Spring to lips that cling like bees about their gold!
What price to you for daffodils? I'll give what price you please,
For light and love and memory lie leaf by leaf with these!
And if I bought all Sydney Town I could not hope to buy
The wealth you bring of everything that goes with open sky!
My money for your daffodils: why do you thank me so?
If I have paid a reckless price, take up my gift and go,
And from the golden garden beds where gold the sunbeams shine
Bring in more flowers to light the hours for lover-hearts like mine!
| Scheme | AABB CCDD EEFF |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 1111010010101 1101010111101 111111110111 01111111110111 1111110111111 11010100111111 01111101111111 0111110111101 1101110111111 11110101111101 0101010111011 1011011010110111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
| Characters | 722 |
| Words | 139 |
| Sentences | 10 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 47 |
| Words per line (avg) | 11 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 189 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 46 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 08, 2023
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