Analysis of Cycle
Langston Hughes 1902 (Joplin) – 1967 (New York City)
So many little flowers
Drop their tiny heads
But newer buds come to bloom
In their place instead.
I miss the little flowers
That have gone away.
But the newly budding blossoms
Are equally gay.
Scheme | ABCDAEFE |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101010 11101 1101111 01101 1101010 11101 10101010 11001 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 186 |
Words | 35 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 8 |
Lines Amount | 8 |
Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 155 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 35 |
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