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

WITHIN the iron cities
One walked unknown for years, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXa bcbc dddd bebe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0101010 110110 001010010 111101 1111010 0100101 10111110 110101 1001010 010101 1111010 1111001 1101110 011101 1111010 010011
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 124
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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