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

BLASTED with sighs, and surrounded with tears,
Hither I come to seek the spring,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababbccdd efeffgghh ijijjaagg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1001101001 101101001 11111111 01111111001 11110111 01011100001 11101001 1101110001 1101110101 11000111100 01010001 11011001 1101111011 11111001 0111110111 11010010 1101111111 1011010111 100101101 11111111 11110111 1111111111 01111011 1111110111 11011111 1011110111 1111010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 366
  • Average number of words per stanza: 68
  • Amount of lines: 27
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • 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.

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

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