Analysis of Divination By A Daffodil
Robert Herrick 1591 (London) – 1674 (Dean Prior)
When a daffodil I see,
Hanging down his head towards me,
Guess I may what I must be:
First, I shall decline my head;
Secondly, I shall be dead;
Lastly, safely buried.
| Scheme | AAABBC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 101011 10111011 1111111 1110111 1001111 101010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 169 |
| Words | 34 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6 |
| Lines Amount | 6 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 126 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 32 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 28, 2023
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