Analysis of Daisies.



Over the shoulders and slopes of the dune
    I saw the white daisies go down to the sea,
    A host in the sunshine, an army in June,
    The people God sends us to set our heart free.

The bobolinks rallied them up from the dell,
    The orioles whistled them out of the wood;
    And all of their singing was, "Earth, it is well!"
    And all of their dancing was, "Life, thou art good!"


Scheme ABAB CDCD
Poetic Form Traditional rhyme
Quatrain 
Metre 1001001101 11011011101 0100111001 010111111011 011011101 0101011101 01111011111 01111011111
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 406
Words 77
Sentences 4
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 4, 4
Lines Amount 8
Letters per line (avg) 37
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 147
Words per stanza (avg) 37
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Submitted by halel on July 15, 2020

Modified on April 11, 2023

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Bliss Carman (William)

William Bliss Carman FRSC was a Canadian poet who lived most of his life in the United States, where he achieved international fame. He was acclaimed as Canada's poet laureate during his later years. more…

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