This is an analysis of the poem The Gardener's Daughters that begins with:

One fills the large Delft jugs,
Painted with blue dragons and birds,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaabcdXXdcacabccXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 110111 10011011 00110110 01010110010 100101010 1101110111 10101 1100111001 010100 010011101 111010 11110101 10101010 0111110 01011101 01001101 110010100 1001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 603
  • Average number of words per stanza: 95
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, with are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word with is repeated.

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  • summary of The Gardener's Daughters;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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