This is an analysis of the poem The Garden Of Janus that begins with:

I
The cloud my bed is tinged with blood and foam....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bcbcbad X bebebcc Xcfcfcgg X acdcdhh a gegegiji a bkbkbkk X ececeaa X lklkXff a mcXcmnn f oeoeokk X mfmfmll X cgcacpp X qhqhXpk X qfqfqll X lflglfX X laXXlff X klklkmm X jijXXcc X fcfcfkk X lelelgg X cececii X lclclaa X enenekp X cbcbcll X lglklrr X ard
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,7,1,7,8,1,7,1,8,1,7,1,7,1,7,1,7,1,7,1,7,1,7,1,7,1,7,1,7,1,7,1,7,1,7,1,7,1,7,1,7,1,7,1,7,1,7,1,7,1,7,1,7,1,7,1,7,1,7,1,7,1,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 1 0111010111 01110001 1001011101 11010111 10110100101 0111 110101110100 1 1101110111 001101101 1101010001 11010101 101101110101 1101 110101011010 1 1100110101 11110101 0111111101 11111101 0101000101 1101 111100010011 1 1111010101 10010001 0111100100 10111101 01001100100 1111 111101111111 1 1111011101 111111 111101011 110101101 1101010111 1111 11100101010 1 1 1011110101 011011 1001010101 110101 1101110111 1101 001101010101 1 1101111111 101111 1101110101 00011101 1101010101 1011 100101011111 1 11010111110 10010101 010011111110 10011001 01011011000 1001 100101111101 1 1111100111 01111111 0111110110 01110101 0111110101 1111 1101111010101 1 1011110101 01010101 1011110001 01001111 0111110001 0011 110101110001 1 1101010101 10110001 0101001100 10010001 0101010101 1001 100101000101 1 1111111101 01110100 1111111111 01110101 1001011101 01010 11110010101010 1 0101111111 11110001 0111110101 11001111 1001110101 001100 111101101101 1 1101001111 10111101 1011110101 01010001 1111100101 1111 1101010011101 1 0101010111 1101111 1001010101 0100010001 1101010001 10001 1001110011011100 1 1101111101 11100111 110100100 1100110011001100 1111010101 1001 110101110001 1 1011110101 01011101 0111001111 011111001 0111001111 11001 010111010101 1 0101110001 11010111 111101011 1111010100 1101001101 11110 0100110011010 1 1111111001 11101101101 1101010100 01010101 1101100101 1111 100101011001 1 10011011101 11110101 1111001101 11010111 1111011101 1111 101101010011 1 1111110101 11011011 1111011101 11111101 1101111110 1001 111101110101 1 1111111101 11110101 1001110001 10010101 11111100001 1101 101101110101 1 1111010101 11110111 1111010111 11110111 0101111111 00010 1110111111010 1 10010111010 01110101 01110101010 10010011 01111101010 0101 0111010000101 1 0111110101 11110101 1111110101 01110101 0101110101 0111 101101100101 1 1001011111 11010101 1101000100 10110111 1101001101 1011 111111010011 1 01110111011 11011101 1101010001 11011101 1001110001 1011 010101111011 1 1111100101 11010101 0101011101 11010101 11011101001 1101 110001010100 1 1111110001 11110001 0001010101 01000100 1111111001 1111 111001111111 1 11110101001 11010111 1111010011 11010100 0111010101 1001 000100111100 1 0101110011 01010001 1011101111 111101000 1011010101 1111 011100010001 1 0101111101 11111101 0101110101 11010101 11111001100 1011 110101010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 63
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 137
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 257
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; my, gone, of, his, in, come, we, that, pan, io, doubt, and, i, he, nor are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, i, of, though are repeated.

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  • summary of The Garden Of Janus;
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