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

I was a goddess ere the marble found me.
Wind, wind, delay not! ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab caca dedE eded fefE
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101011 11011 1110101011 00111 11010101010 111011 11010100010 10111 110111001010 11010 11110111010 011110 01011101010 111010 11110101010 011110 010101001110 011010 01011111010 011110
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 139
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

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

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

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

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  • summary of A Statue In The Garden;
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  • history of its creation;
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