This is an analysis of the poem Samuel Gardner that begins with:

I who kept the greenhouse,
Lover of trees and flowers,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXcbXbXXdeeaXbXccaed
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 21,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111011 1001110 101101001 100010010011 110000101 10010110 011010 1111 101111111 1010011101 100100111 11101 1100100101 1101111001 11001010001 100011111 111101000111 1010001 1110101 11101001 010101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 758
  • Average number of words per stanza: 144
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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