This is an analysis of the poem The Old Garden that begins with:
Spurge and sea-pink, hyssop blue,
Dragonhead of purple hue;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbb ccddd Xaeee ffaaX ggggX ddhhh ffXii
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111101 1010101 1010111 0110101 1111101 1110101 1010111 1101101 1100101 1100101 1011100 1010111 0111111 1011101 1100101 10010101 1011101 1100111 1010101 0010101 1010101 1010111 0110111 1110101 0010100 1110111 1011111 1111101 0010111 1010101 1100101 10101011 1000101 1011100 10100000
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 152
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 35
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, to, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words these, and are repeated.
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- summary of The Old Garden;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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