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

I have had enough.
I gasp for breath. ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Ab cddecd Afe ghefde XdbdXX XgidfbdXd hXdddde jbaiefffafcgecd hjXe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,6,3,6,6,9,7,15,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101 1111 100111001 10011111 0011 110111 1101110101 0101 11101 10111110 111 11111001 1011010 001 1101011 1010010 10101100101 11111010 1101 11001 010001 10111 1001 111011 00101 11100101 0101 10110001 1111 1100101 011111 00101 1010 10110 00101 101001 00100101 01001 10101011 1010 10011 111 11101 10111 11111 1001011 10101 1101 11110 10111 1010101 1111 111110 11001110 1011010 001010110 01100 1101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 172
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 58
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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; every, of, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, every are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines frost is repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase beauty connects the lines.

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

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

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