This is an analysis of the poem Come Into The Garden, Maud that begins with:

Come into the garden, Maud,
For the black bat, Night, has flown, ... 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: AbAbab cdcdcd ababab bdbXbdbd cbcbcX aeaeae fcfcfX gdgdgdgd cbcbcb hfhfXXXXXfafafafa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,8,6,6,6,8,6,17,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 1000101 1011111 1000101 11110101 10101011001 10100101 1010101 101001011 01001001111 10101011 0100100111 01001101 1110101 0100101 11101001001 00101001 1010100101 10100101 1100101011 01111001 100101001 10100111 110010111 1100101 110111101 0111001 110011111 01011011 111001111 11101001 11110111001 11011010 10100110011 10101001 111010111 11111001 001001111001 11101011 0011111111 10100111 110100011 01001111 0010100111 10100101 010010111 1111101 0111010001 101001101 10110111111 1011001 0101100101 1110111 1100101001 11001011 0101011001 1101101 11101101001 00101011 11100101 001010101 10101111 10101111 01111011011 101111011 0111011111 10101011 10101111 001011001 1111011 00101101 1111011 111101001 111101001 11001011
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 259
  • Average number of words per stanza: 49
  • Amount of lines: 74
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; of, and, to, faint, in, light, with, mine, my, she are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, to, she are repeated.

    The author used the same word i 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 ' is repeated).

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

  • summary of Come Into The Garden, Maud;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

More information about poems by Alfred Lord Tennyson