This is an analysis of the poem Garden Shadows that begins with:

When the dawn winds whisper
To the standing corn,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXbbcdc abebadXdfafaXdfd egXgahXh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,16,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101110 00101 101010 00101 1110010 10101 001010 10101 001010 00101 101110 10101 111010 11101 0010001 00101 101110 1001010 101110 011010 001011 10101 101010 10111 001010 10101 101010 10111 101110 11111 0010001 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 251
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Garden Shadows;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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