This is an analysis of the poem My Garden—like The Beach that begins with:

My Garden—like the Beach—
Denotes there be—a Sea—... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: cinquain
  • Metre: 110101 011001 110 11101 110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 112
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 5
  • Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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