Analysis of Fancies
Lucy Maud Montgomery 1874 (New London, Prince Edward Island) – 1942 (Toronto)
Surely the flowers of a hundred springs
Are simply the souls of beautiful things!
The poppies aflame with gold and red
Were the kisses of lovers in days that are fled.
The purple pansies with dew-drops pearled
Were the rainbow dreams of a youngling world.
The lily, white as a star apart,
Was the first pure prayer of a virgin heart.
The daisies that dance and twinkle so
Were the laughter of children in long ago.
The sweetness of all true friendship yet
Lives in the breath of the mignonette.
To the white narcissus there must belong
The very delight of a maiden's song.
And the rose, all flowers of the earth above,
Was a perfect, rapturous thought of love.
Oh! surely the blossoms of all the springs
Must be the souls of beautiful things.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1001010101 1100111001 010011101 001011001111 010101111 00111011 010110101 1011110101 010110101 00101100101 010111101 1001101 1010101101 010011011 00111010101 1001100111 1100101101 110111001 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 750 |
Words | 137 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 66 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 15 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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