This is an analysis of the poem Garden Street that begins with:

LONG and drowsy and white and wide,
Villas and arbours on either side,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccbbddeeffeebbggddhhaabbiiffggaaaajjkkfflleXggggkkff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 56,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101111 101101101 10100101 10100111 101101010 10110101110 010100111 011101111 10100111 11100101 10101101 10101101 11010101 011100101 110100101 0010110101 101001010 0101001010 100101001 10100111 1111111 11101111 11101111 10111101 10100101 10100101 101101001 111001011 1001001011 11101101 101001011 110100101 10110101 10101101 11110101 0100111001 110110111 11100101 100100101 100110101 11100101 10011101 100100111 1010110101 11101111 110101111 111101001 10010111 11101101 101110101 10011101 111110111 11100101 101110101 10110101 10100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2075
  • Average number of words per stanza: 389
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words now, love are repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase she connects the lines.

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  • summary of Garden Street;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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