Analysis of An Easter Flower Gift
John Greenleaf Whittier 1807 (Haverhill) – 1892 (Hampton Falls)
O dearest bloom the seasons know,
Flowers of the Resurrection blow,
Our hope and faith restore;
And through the bitterness of death
And loss and sorrow, breathe a breath
Of life forevermore!
The thought of Love Immortal blends
With fond remembrances of friends;
In you, O sacred flowers,
By human love made doubly sweet,
The heavenly and the earthly meet,
The heart of Christ and ours!
| Scheme | AABCCB DDEFFE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11010101 10100101 1010101 01010011 01010101 111 01110101 11010011 0111010 11011101 010000101 0111010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 382 |
| Words | 68 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6, 6 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 155 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 33 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 16, 2023
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