This is an analysis of the poem A Girl's Garden that begins with:

A neighbor of mine in the village
Likes to tell how one spring...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcb deXX decX fXXX gfcf Xcec bcgc hhgh cihX Xgbg afef Xjij
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010010010 1011101 1110110110 0111 1111010 0100101 01111101 11111 010011010 1101101 011110111 11111 11111011 101111 111010111 11111 011010010 010101 111010111 11111 110100110 010101 111110111 0111 11010010 111101 11111101 01111 0110010 100101 01011101 11011 11111010 101010 01010100 11110 01101010 111111 01010101 01101 11110010 11011 11010101 1111 11111010 11011001 1110111001 001101
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 117
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • 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 punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, she are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words to, and, a are repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of A Girl's Garden;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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