Analysis of Spring Flowers
John Boyle O'Reilly 1844 (Dowth) – 1890 (Boston)
O THE rare spring flowers! take them as they come:
Do not wait forsummer buds—they may never bloom.
Every sweet to-day sends, we are wise to save;
Roses bloom for pulling: the path is to the grave.
| Scheme | ABCC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 10111011111 1111111101 100111111111 101110011101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
| Characters | 207 |
| Words | 39 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 38 |
| Words per line (avg) | 9 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 152 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 37 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 13, 2023
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