This is an analysis of The Flowers by Robert Louis Stevenson.

All the names I know from nurse:
Gardener's garters, Shepherd's purse,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabb cccc cadd ccee
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 1011101 10010101 10010101 1010101 1010101 10110111 1011101 1110101 1010111 1010101 1011111 1010101 1111101 1010111 1010111 1111011
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 16

Repeated words/phrases

fairy

Anaphora

fairy