This is an analysis of the poem The Garden Scatters Burnt-Up Beetles... that begins with:

The garden scatters burnt-up beetles
Like brazen ash, from braziers burst. ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXX baXa aXbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010101110 11010101 110111010 01010101 110111010 11000101 010100110 110010101 010001010 1100010 010101010 11010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 137
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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