This is an analysis of The Marigold by George Wither.
When with a serious musing I behold
The grateful and obsequious marigold,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbccbbddXXbbbXee ffXfggddhhii
- Stanza lengths: 18,12,
- Metre: 10010010101 01010100101 1101010101 0101110101 1101100101 1100110101 1111011111 10011011101 1111011101 10110011 11010011010 0101010111 10110110010 1101110011 1111010001 0101011000 10011110101 1101010101 11111100101 0101110101 11110101010 0110011101 1111010101 0110010100 11010000110 01010001010 0100010101 0001010011 1101010111 11010101001
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 2
- Lines: 30
Repeated words/phrases
of, his
Anaphora
the
