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

So light and soft the days fall—
Like petals one by one ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef ebeb ghgh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111011 110111 10111101 110001 1101011 100101 1001111 101101 1101011 011001 1101011 110101 1001111 010101 0101011 110101 1101111 100101 11011001 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 113
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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