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

GARDENING is hardening
In every way you view it;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abccXbaadeaaae aaaeaaceffXXffcX aabbggdbbbfbaafb aaaehhhX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,16,16,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1000100 01001110 0101010 101010010 01110010 11111010 0101010 10111010 101011101 010101 11000100 01110100 0101110 1010101 1000100 11001100 01010100 1110101 0101010 00111110 10100010 1110101 00101010 00100010 011010001 1100100 11111110 10101010 101010100 010101 100010 11100010 11101010 1110111 10101110 10011010 10100010 101101 10100110 00111110 11100010 0011001 10101010 10110010 10111010 1010111 11111010 10101110 1010010 1010101 11101010 10011010 11101010 10101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 397
  • Average number of words per stanza: 71
  • Amount of lines: 54
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; it, and are repeated.

    The author used the same word gardening at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase it connects the lines.

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