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

Its former green is blue and thin,
And its once firm legs sink in and in;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaBB ccBBXaabb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010111 101111010 10011101 10011101 111101011 11110111 10100101 10100101 00011111 11010111 111111101 11111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 145
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • 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, as are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines unaware, there, air are repeated).

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

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

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