This is an analysis of An Emblem by Ina D. Coolbrith.
I waited for a single flower to blow,
While all about me flowers were running wild:…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abbacddc effegeXg caachhhh
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,
- Metre: 11010101001 11011100101 1101010011 1101110101 11010011100 1001010101 1111001111 010100 1111010101 1111010101 1001010101 1101011101 1011011101 1101011101 101110110 1100011 1111110010 11010111101 10010011111 1101110011 1101011101 1101110101 1111010111 010011
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 24
Repeated words/phrases
and, o
Anaphora
and
