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

Why, where erstwhile I sowed my choicest seeds,
Come up but weeds?...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbXbbccdddXeXeffXXgghiijhj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 28,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111111101 1111 1111 011101 11 1101010101 01001 1101010 0101110 0101010101 110101 11010100111 010101 111101 1111 1101 110101 010011 1111010101 1101 0111000101 0100101 1111 11 110101 0111 111001 11001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 736
  • Average number of words per stanza: 135
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

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