Analysis of The Flower
Alfred Lord Tennyson 1809 – 1892
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 |
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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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