This is an analysis of the poem Let The Ascetics Sing Of The Garden Of Paradise -- that begins with:

Let the ascetics sing of the garden of Paradise --
We who dwell in the true ecstasy can forget their vase-tamed bouquet....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aX bX XX bXXba
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 10100100100101 11100110010111101 01101001001101 1011011001101 10001001001 11011001110011010 100110101001010 110101110101001 100101001111 01011001101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 112
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • Average number of symbols per line: 56 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • 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 author used the same word hidden at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Let The Ascetics Sing Of The Garden Of Paradise --;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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