This is an analysis of the poem The Gardener's Boy that begins with:

ALL day I have fed on lilied thoughts of her,'
The gardener's boy sang in Gethsemane.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXaa bXbXcc dXdXee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11111110101 0100110100 10101010101 1011001101 101111011101 0101101101 11101010111 1011011101 11011111111 11111111010 1011110100 1111011100 1111111111 1001010100 1101111111 1101011100 01001110111 1001010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 264
  • Average number of words per stanza: 52
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words he, one are repeated.

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

  • summary of The Gardener's Boy;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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