This is an analysis of the poem A Roxbury Garden that begins with:

I
Hoops... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.

  • Rhyme scheme: a b ccde bdef bdghidb bbicidbc CefefffcccddjjeegghdX kh CeeddjjddlmlbllbblnleeoiioX cj bmcpclmncdfcX CejjejioonnaanX CneddmmiiimnenX bldddcc qoqbhcccb bnoXjglXckXcbkg X X fbcondnjncXddajdXXcercjicXXkXncjjddodc gnnXXbXahsjlnjnnljgccchk bcnXclhnnnddbpX njXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,4,4,7,8,21,2,27,2,13,15,15,7,9,15,1,1,38,24,15,9,1,1,15,5,12,3,7,6,12,9,14,6,21,38,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 1 11110 111 101101100010 0111 111010111 001011 100111 1101111 111101 110101001011 0101011010 101100100001 011010111 01110101 00100101 011 11010011110 01011110011 0111101011 011110011 111001011 1111110 01011 101 111111 101001 001 101 111 00100101001 101001 011 011 101 110 1010110 010110 11001 101011 111 111 111101 11111 01001 101110101 10000111 101 11 11 111 101 101 101 1101 111 10110 11 1110 1111 10110 10110 1 1 10110 01101 0010110 101011 11001 1011001011 110011 011011 11101111 111001001 01101010101 100100010010 0101110101 101011111110 111111 11100111 101010010110 111010 110110010101 111111110 1001010 1010100101 1001000010011 110101010111 101111011010010 101 11 101 10101 1 10010 111 1 101 10110 1010 1101101011 11111111 1001101001 1011111010 101 101101101 1 110110101 11111101 1001111001 10110 110111 11 11 11111 101110101 1001 1 1 111011 101101100110 11101111001 111 11110011 10011110 01010111 101110110 100110001 10101110110 1011101011 0101101101 11111011101 1010100101 11110101 101111 100101 0110110 111001101 1010 101011100 101001011100010 101010 0111101010 1010010111 10101 111100101001 101111111 1001 101101111 100 1 1001100 0100110 000100010 1 1100011 1010010 101001 011 1110 10011 0101111 1 101 10110001 1010011 10 10011 0011001010 1001010011001 0100101 1111 010 101001 010001110 1101001 11101 10011 100101 111 10100 1001 1010111 1010 10 1 011 10001 001001 0101010 01011001010 11 11 11 101101010001000 0101010 10100 110000111 1011011 10110101 010101010 10 01011010 1110 0101010010 101111011 11001001010 1010 101011010101 101000100 1 01 10111001 1001 0101 10110101010 10111010101 010100 0101010 0101110 1010101 10 010 010 11 1 1011 101011 10100 1001010100010001 11010011 110 010011000 1010 101 111011 1110 001101 1 101 0110101 101011001010 10111000110 01010 101 1011 10101 1011111 1010110 1001 100111101 101 11010110 100100011 110010101 100101 1100101 10010110101 0101111 11010 1011110 10101 101 1111111 1101 1011001001 01101 1001 10010 1010101101 1001101 11010111110 0110100011 101 101 1101 110101 11010 111101010101 100 1101110011 001010 11 11 101100 110011110 111011 10010011010101 1011011 0110010 0101001010 01111000101 11010111001 001 01000 111 111 1 0110101110 101111010011 11111111 011011101001 1111001 1101001100 1110 110 0101101 1010101 100010001 11110 1011 1010100101 010110 010110 1101 11001010100 1101010 11111011 011010000100 110101111001 111001 01011 1001 111 1010 10101 10111000100 1010100010001010 001100101 011001101 1010110101010 1001001 1100110 0101 111 11010 110101001 1111 01011 10101110 0110101 11010101111 01010111 11001011 10011 1111101 10110 10110 10101001 1010010101 01010010 10101 111110110 11001010 0100100101110 1011101001 101 01001011110110 01001010 1011010101111 111110 01011101 110101101 111111011 1100010110 1111111100110101010 11110 110010 111110 1111 1100111 10110 011101 110 010 1 1 1010 111 111 111111 0101001010 101011001010 11001 011 101 110101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 37
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 289
  • Average number of words per stanza: 53
  • Amount of lines: 388
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; round, turn, run, and, of, about, you, her, 'ninety, ', purple, yellow, i are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, turn, twist, 'ninety, above, past, and, a, 'heigho, i, drop are repeated.

    The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines come, hoop, along, you, it, green, plat, down, foot, curves, bells, bang, drop, love are repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases twist, down, bump, bang, drop connect the lines.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of A Roxbury Garden;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

More information about poems by Amy Lowell