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

Bountiful Givers,
I look along the years...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXXbcded dbcXXaad eXcfXaacgfgX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,8,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10010 110100 1101011 1000 1101 110001 101100 11000101 1111 11110111 010011 1111000101 11110100 1111010100 10111101 110111 010101 01 11000111 001101 1 001111 1101010001 10111001 0110 1111111 11 1111110111 0111110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 252
  • Average number of words per stanza: 50
  • Amount of lines: 29
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (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; of is repeated.

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

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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