This is an analysis of the poem The Garden-Chair that begins with:

TWO PORTRAITS.
A PLEASANT picture, full of meanings deep, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X abcddcccceXdcf cXXXdXaddX ddXfeeb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,14,10,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 110 0101010101 1111000011 1101110101 1101110111 1101001101 0101011101 1100010101 0100110001 1101010001 1100001101 0011011111 1111101101 1101011111 110101 1111 1001000101 1011010111 010100000101 1101010101 1101011111 1101010101 10101010101 10011111101 10011001110 1111011111 11010001111 1100010001 1011011101 1011011101 101100111001 00110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 329
  • Average number of words per stanza: 56
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; their is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines eyes, child, safe are repeated).

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

  • summary of The Garden-Chair;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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