Analysis of 'Y' Are The Maiden Posies

Louisa May Alcott 1832 – 1888



"'Y' are the maiden posies,
And so graced,
To be placed
Fore damask roses.
Yet, though thus respected,
By and by
Ye do lie,
Poor girls, neglected.'


Scheme ABBACDDE
Poetic Form
Metre 110101 011 111 11010 111010 101 111 11010
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 140
Words 28
Sentences 3
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 8
Lines Amount 8
Letters per line (avg) 14
Words per line (avg) 3
Letters per stanza (avg) 109
Words per stanza (avg) 27
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Louisa May Alcott

Louisa May Alcott was an American novelist best known as author of the novel Little Women and its sequels Little Men and Jo's Boys. more…

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