Analysis of The Flower



Once in a golden hour
    I cast to earth a seed.
Up there came a flower,
    The people said, a weed.

To and fro they went
    Thro' my garden bower,
And muttering discontent
    Cursed me and my flower.

Then it grew so tall
    It wore a crown of light,
But thieves from o'er the wall
    Stole the seed by night.

Sow'd it far and wide
    By every town and tower,
Till all the people cried,
    "Splendid is the flower!"

Read my little fable:
    He that runs may read.
Most can raise the flowers now,
    For all have got the seed.

And some are pretty enough,
    And some are poor indeed;
And now again the people
    Call it but a weed.


Scheme ABAB CACA DEDE FAFA GXXB XBGB
Poetic Form Quatrain  (83%)
Metre 1001010 111101 111010 010101 10111 111010 0100001 110110 11111 110111 1111001 10111 11101 11001010 110101 101010 111010 11111 1110101 111101 0111001 011101 0101010 11101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 627
Words 123
Sentences 9
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 24
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 75
Words per stanza (avg) 20
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on May 03, 2023

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Alfred Lord Tennyson

Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson, FRS was Poet Laureate of Great Britain and Ireland during much of Queen Victoria's reign and remains one of the most popular British poets.  more…

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