Analysis of The Daisies
James Stephens 1882 (Dublin) – 1950
IN THE scented bud of the morning—O,
When the windy grass went rippling far,
I saw my dear one walking slow,
In the field where the daisies are.
We did not laugh and we did not speak
As we wandered happily to and fro;
I kissed my dear on either cheek,
In the bud of the morning—O.
A lark sang up from the breezy land,
A lark sang down from a cloud afar,
And she and I went hand in hand
In the field where the daisies are.
Scheme | abaB caca dbdB |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 0010110101 1010111001 11111101 00110101 111101111 1110100101 11111101 00110101 011110101 011110101 01011101 00110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 433 |
Words | 90 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 107 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 01, 2023
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