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

I mind me in the days departed,
How often underneath the sun... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abba caac deXX acca eaae bccb fggf XhdX gaag ahha hhhh cccc eaae baab affa bccb ciic jfXj khhk cccc ajja dlld eccX leel effe hhXh bddbXbeeb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111001010 11010101 01011101 00101010 01110101 110001101 01010101 010001 11011100 11110111 011001010 1101000 01010101 11110101 01111101 110101 010010111 11010111 01010101 010101 11011100 10010101 11010111 110001 10010101 110101001 011100101 110101 11010100 11000101 11010101 110001 11010101 11011111 11010101 111110 11011101 01110111 11010101 111111 111100101 111001101 01110101 110101 01011111 110010101 01011100 111111 00111101 010101010 010101010 010111 11110101 11110111 11010100 110101 110101101 01010111 01110100 010101 111101001 01110101 11111101 111111 01110101 111100001 10011100 110101 11111101 01010101 01100010 100101 11110111 11010101 11010001 111101 01100111 11110101 11111101 010001 111011010 11100111 01010101 0100010 01011101 01001101 11111101 110101 11111111 01111101 11101111 110110 11111011 111001101 010111001 110111 11011101 11010111 11110011 011101 01011111 01010101 11011100 111011 110101110 11110111 01011101 0101010 01011101 111100101 11111100 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 28
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 134
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 112
  • 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; i, my are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words we, and, my, the, that are repeated.

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