This is an analysis of the poem Chains Invisible that begins with:

THE lilies in my garden grow,
Wide meadows ring my garden round, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd efefdgdg hhhhcici Xbdbdeded
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 01001101 11111101 011111001 111111011 11111111 010101001 11110101 11010001 11011011 11110111 10010101 11010100 11110111 11011101 11110101 11010001 11011111 11010101 01010101 01011101 11110101 11011111 11110101 11110001 11010101 110101101 110011111 11110101 11011101 01110101 110010101 01010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 292
  • Average number of words per stanza: 55
  • Amount of lines: 35
  • 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; you, all, sweet are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words sweet, for are repeated.

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  • summary of Chains Invisible;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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