This is an analysis of Poppies by Victor James Daley.

These are the flowers of sleep
That nod in the heavy noon,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: AbabA cdadc eXaXe ebabe afafA
  • Stanza lengths: 5,5,5,5,5,
  • Metre: 1101001 1100101 1011101 00101101 1101001 1101101 1110111 0011111 1101101 1011101 1101111 1101000 1111111 110111 1010111 1100101 0100111 1010111 0101101 1110111 1100111 1111101 1111101 1101001 1101001
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 25