This is an analysis of A Flower. Painted By Simon Varelst by Matthew Prior.

When famed Varelst this little wonder drew,
Flora vouchsafed the growing works to view;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbbb
  • Stanza lengths: 6,
  • Metre: 1110010101 10100010101 1001010101 0101010001 1100011101 0111011111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 6