This is an analysis of A Contemplation Upon Flowers by Henry King.

BRAVE flowers--that I could gallant it like you,
And be as little vain!…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcc dedeaa fgfgcc
  • Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,
  • Metre: 11011110011 101101 1101110101 10110101 11111111 1101010101 1101111111 1101001 1111110101 110101 1111110111 1111110011 1110111101 110011 1101111101 111111 11010111111 1111010111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 18

Repeated words/phrases

and, you, your, to