This is an analysis of the poem The Gardener Xiii: I Asked Nothing that begins with:

I asked nothing, only stood at the
edge of the wood behind the tree....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbcdXebefagdahiadjjhjifkfcekcgj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 32,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111010110 10010101 10110101 001101001 01010011 100110101 10010110 1001011 1011110 111101 101101010 111010010 01011100 1001010110 1110111 101001010 101011010 10011001 00101111 01001 1101101 101111 0110010 011010 0111001 001001010 001001011 11010010 1100101 1101001 010111101 111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1079
  • Average number of words per stanza: 203
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • 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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  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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