This is an analysis of the poem The Mower Against Gardens that begins with:

Luxurious Man, to bring his Vice in use,
Did after him the World seduce:... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbbbccccddeeccffccgghhddffaaXdXaiiccii
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 40,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01001010101 01010101 1001011101 11011111 1101010101 01110101 1011011001 11000101 0111110101 01000101 0101100101 11010101 0101010101 11010001 0101111101 11110111 0101111101 01010001 1111001001 01110111 1111010111 10010101 1111010101 11010101 1001011001 11010001 0110010101 11010111 1001011101 01010101 1101010101 10111101 1101010110 01110100 1111010111 11110111 1111011101 10010101 1100010101 01010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1556
  • Average number of words per stanza: 282
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • 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; and is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

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  • summary of The Mower Against Gardens;
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  • history of its creation;
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