This is an analysis of the poem The Gardener Xxi: Why Did He Choose that begins with:

Why did he choose to come to my
door, the wandering youth, when the...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdaXdXeXbXcXdffe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10110101 10100110 11 1110111111 1001111111 01 111011101 111010110 1011 010100111 0101100100 011110001 1 110101 11001 11011111 10011011 01011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 536
  • Average number of words per stanza: 111
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

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