This is an analysis of the poem Wasps In A Garden that begins with:

The wall-trees are laden with fruit;
The grape, and the plum, and the pear,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab acac dede fgfg ahaX igig hghX Xbdb jXjX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 01111001 01101101 011010001 1001001011 11111001 111001011 001011011 0111011001 111011001 111001101 101101001 101101101 11001011 101001001 11001101 001011001 11111101 111011011 101001001 1111010110 111111111 01011111 01001111 101111100 101010001 01101101 11001011 101001110 111010100 101111011 111111101 101001101 10101011 111001011 111111001 011110011
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 149
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; and, you are repeated.

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

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