This is an analysis of the poem In An Old Town Garden that begins with:

Shut from the clamor of the street
By an old wall with lichen grown,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd cefe XgXg fbXb caca fXee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 10010001 11110101 01010111 01110101 01000111 11010101 01010101 11010001 01010101 11110001 10011101 11010101 100000101 01110111 01011100 01010101 111100101 11111111 11110101 11111101 11010101 01010101 01001111 10010101 11110101 11010100 01011101 11010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 139
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • 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; of, and, that are repeated.

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

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  • summary of In An Old Town Garden;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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