This is an analysis of the poem The Garden Of Gethsemane that begins with:
The place is fair and tranquil, Judaea’s cloudless sky
Smiles down on distant mountain, on glade and valley nigh,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabb ccdd aaee ffbb ccbb bbeeXeebb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 010111010101 1111010111101 11001110011101 1101110110101 1101110110101 0111110010101 1111010111101 1101110111111 1111010010111 01011100010101 11110101000101 1101110110111 1001010010111 1101010011111 1101110011101 1101010111111 010101001100101 1101010101111 0111010010101 11011000111101 1100100011101 11010100101001 1101110111101 1101110100111 1100100111101 1101010011101 1110110111111 0101110101101
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 230
- Average number of words per stanza: 41
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 57 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 10
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, his, they are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
The author used the same word o at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of The Garden Of Gethsemane;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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