This is an analysis of the poem The Garden that begins with:
It shines in the garden,
in the white foliage of the chestnut tree, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XabX cdaXX edXbee XXec
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,6,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010010 0011000111 00101101 1111010 001001001 110100111 1101 01001 01010010 111101 010001 11101 10101 10111 110101001 101111001 110101101 0010010101 111100001010
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 149
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 19
- 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; in, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words in, the, and are 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.
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