Analysis of The Violet
Jane Taylor 1783 (London) – 1824
Down in a green and shady bed,
A modest violet grew;
Its stalk was bent, it hung its head
As if to hide from view.
And yet it was a lovely flower,
Its colour bright and fair;
It might have graced a rosy bower,
Instead of hiding there.
Yet thus it was content to bloom,
In modest tints arrayed;
And there diffused a sweet perfume,
Within the silent shade.
Then let me to the valley go
This pretty flower to see;
That I may also learn to grow
In sweet humility.
Scheme | ABABCDCD EFEF GHGH |
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Poetic Form | Traditional rhyme |
Metre | 10010101 0101001 11111111 111111 011101010 11101 111101010 011101 11111011 010101 01010101 010101 11110101 1101011 11110111 010100 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 464 |
Words | 93 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 118 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 03, 2023
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