This is an analysis of the poem Story Of Mrs. W- that begins with:

My garden blossoms pink and white,
A place of decorous murmuring,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cccc dede fgfg hdhd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010111 010100100 11110101 110101001 11110101 01010101 11010101 01010101 111100001 01010101 11110101 11010011 11110100 11110111 11110100 11010101 11010101 01010111 11111111 11011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 134
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; and, my are repeated.

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

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