This is an analysis of Flowers by Thomas Hood.

I will not have the mad Clytie,
Whose head is turned by the sun;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbbXbCb XdddadCd XeXecece
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,
  • Metre: 10110110 1101101 01000101 111101 01000101 0100001 11010101 010101 01010101 011101 110111001 010111 10110110 111101 11010101 0010101 0100101101 1101111 101010101 1001101 100111101 101100001 110100101 1100101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 24

Anaphora

the, and