This is an analysis of the poem Flower Gardener that begins with:

Gas got me in the first World War,
And all my mates at rest are laid....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababacac dedefgfg hhhhbgbgXgbgbgbgb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,17,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11100111 11111111 11110101 11010011 11000101 11000111 11011111 1101 11010101 10110111 111101001 01011101 11111101 010101010 01011001 01010 11011101 11010100 11010101 11110101 11001101 111100111 11010001 0111 110111010 11111101 011111010 11110111 01000100 11010001 11110110 0101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 282
  • Average number of words per stanza: 50
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; i, and, my are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word my at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Flower Gardener;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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