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

THE world is resting without sound or motion,
Behind the apple tree the sun goes down... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabaXcXcXXbXacdcXedeXfXf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010011110 0101010111 10010011010 001101 01010100011 10001111101 01010101010 111001 00010111011 1111110101 01010100110 110101 11111100110 0111011101 10010101110 110001 10010011110 010101 11101110 10101 01010100011 0100010111 11010101010 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 929
  • Average number of words per stanza: 165
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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