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

It’s terrible! – all drip and listening.
Whether, as ever, it’s loneliness,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXB cXbd acac abaBXadad
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0100111100 101100100 1001111010 1100110010 1101010 101101100 110110010 111001001 1111010 010011010 00100110 0101011 11011100 101101100 11010110 1100110010 11011100 1001111 10101010 010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 141
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; s is repeated.

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

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