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

The Convent garden lies so near
The road the people go,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab caca dede fada fgfX hihj kbkb fgfg lklk mdmfXigjg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010111 010101 00110111 0111011 11011111 011111 01010101 110101 11111111 011101 11010101 110101 00110001 011111 11010101 110101 10010101 111110 11010101 010100 10010101 010101 11010001 011110 11010111 010101 01010001 011111 11111101 011101 010100101 010101 11010111 110111 110010101 110101 11111011 010101 11010101 110101 110100101 010111 01111110 1010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 123
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, her, of, by 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 and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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