The Garden by Edith Nesbit: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem The Garden that begins with:

CHOKED with ill weeds my garden lay a-dying,
Hard was the ground, no bud had heart to blow, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaX cXcX bdbd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111101010 1101111101 11111011110 11011101001 111111011100 11111101110 01110111110 0111010101 11010111011 11011101111 111111001111 1101110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 203
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 50 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 10

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you is repeated.

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

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of The Garden;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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