Analysis of The Wild Flower's Song
William Blake 1757 (Soho) – 1827 (London)
As I wandered the forest,
The green leaves among,
I heard a Wild Flower
Singing a song.
'I slept in the earth
In the silent night,
I murmured my fears
And I felt delight.
'In the morning I went
As rosy as morn,
To seek for new joy;
But oh! met with scorn.'
| Scheme | XXXX XAXA XBXB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (67%) |
| Metre | 1110010 01101 110110 1001 11001 00101 11011 01101 001011 11011 11111 11111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 253 |
| Words | 56 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 64 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 18 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 14, 2023
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