This is an analysis of the poem The Chrysanthemums In The Eastern Garden that begins with:

The days of my youth left me long ago;
And now in their turn dwindle my years of prime....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaabXcdeaXcXdbceXcXXbXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0101111101 11011101001 0110101100 11010010101 001001011101 011101111 010100101101 01111011001 1101101010010 111010010101 1111110111 1010111111 10101111 11001110101 0111110110 011101110101 11111 0100101011001 11111111111 01010011100 111111010010 10110111101 11111011111 111101101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1058
  • Average number of words per stanza: 208
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and, i, you are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

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  • summary of The Chrysanthemums In The Eastern Garden;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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