This is an analysis of the poem Croquet that begins with:
In a garden where the may made the straggling fences gay
And the roses cream and scarlet shed their petals on the breeze...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdad ebab Xfef daea Xcac
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 00101011010101 101011101110101 110111110111 101010011010101 10101011110101 001010101010001 111010111111001 111011101110111 10101111110001 1000110100010101 10101111111111 001011111010111 11110111110001 111110100010101 10101111010101 1010010101010111 11101011010111 11010101010111 10111110110011 101010111010101 10101001011111 111110100011001 10001111010101 111010101010101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 242
- Average number of words per stanza: 47
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 60 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 12
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, we are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Croquet;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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