This is an analysis of the poem Down In A Shaded Garden that begins with:

Down in a shaded garden
I laid upon earth my head:... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXabbbbcc XdXdeeffee XgXghhccbb Xabaaaiicc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,10,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001010 1101111 01110101 1011 111101001 101101001 011111111 11011101 10100100111 1101 01111000 111101 010100101 10111 1011111 110100111 101011001 001101001101 111101011 1111 0101010 010101 11011101 0101 11001010001 110010101 111111111 1101001001 001001001001 1111 1001110 111101 1111001011 010101 010010101 10010101 10100101 1100110101 111110111 1101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 330
  • Average number of words per stanza: 64
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; to, i, and, in, thee are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word for is repeated.

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