This is an analysis of the poem Behind A Wall that begins with:

I own a solace shut within my heart,
A garden full of many a quaint delight ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaabb cddbaa bbbbcc effegg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101010111 01010100101 1101010111 1001010111 101 0101 1101010101 0101010101 1001111101 1001000101 010 1100 11110010001 1011010101 1011001101 0101110111 0101 0101 1111001100 1101010001 1101010101 10001011100 0101 00101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 204
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • 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; in is repeated.

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  • summary of Behind A Wall;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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