This is an analysis of Daises by Bliss William Carman.

Over the shoulders and slopes of the dune
I saw the white daisies go down to the sea,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab XXXX
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,
  • Metre: 1001011001 11011011001 01001111001 01011101111 01001001001 01011001001 11011011001 11011011111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 8

Repeated words/phrases

of

Anaphora

the, and

Epiphora

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