This is an analysis of the poem Artemis that begins with:

In the green and flowerless garden I have dreamt,
Lying beneath perennial moons apart,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaba Xbbb XcXc XXaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 001110010111 10010100101 1101010 1101010111 00100101110 01110101010 110101 01011101010 0110010101 01011111010 010101 01010100110 11011101010 1001010100 110111 1111110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 156
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Artemis;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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