This is an analysis of the poem The Gardener Xxii: When She Passed By Me that begins with:

When she passed by me with quick
steps, the end of her skirt touched...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXbcXabXca
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111101 1010011 1 00011000 11010110 01 010001011 1110001010 110101001 0101111010 010110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 343
  • Average number of words per stanza: 67
  • Amount of lines: 11
  • 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.

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