Analysis of Wayside Flowers
William Allingham 1824 (Ballyshannon) – 1889 (Hampstead)
Pluck not the wayside flower,
It is the traveller's dower;
A thousand passers-by
Its beauties may espy,
May win a touch of blessing
From Nature's mild caressing.
The sad of heart perceives
A violet under leaves
Like sonic fresh-budding hope;
The primrose on the slope
A spot of sunshine dwells,
And cheerful message tells
Of kind renewing power;
The nodding bluebell's dye
Is drawn from happy sky.
Then spare the wayside flower!
It is the traveller's dower.
Scheme | aBcdeeffgghhaccaB |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 110110 11011 010101 110110 1101110 1101010 011101 0100101 1101101 01101 01111 010101 1101010 01011 111101 110110 11011 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 465 |
Words | 79 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 17 |
Lines Amount | 17 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 365 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 77 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 20, 2023
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