This is an analysis of the poem The Gardener Lxxv: At Midnight that begins with:

At midnight the would-be ascetic
announced:...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabcXcaaXXaXXaXXXaXbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 21,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111010010 01 100010111 11111111 11110010100 110100101 00101 001001101 101100101 11001 01110111 111110 01101101 1011101 01011001 1010010 10101011 1110011111 1110110 111010011 01010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 719
  • Average number of words per stanza: 122
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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