This is an analysis of the poem Of An Orchard that begins with:

Good is an Orchard, the Saint saith,
To meditate on life and death,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaa bbcc ddee ffXd ggbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 00110011 01011111 00110101 01010101 00110100 11111101 1010110001 100100101 10000101 11011101 01010111 11110101 01110111 01000101 01110100 01010011 11100101 10110111 11110101 10010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 139
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

    The author used the same word good at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Of An Orchard;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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