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

Oh, once I walked a garden
In dreams. 'Twas yellow grass. ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXbXcbcddXdXefefafa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111010 011101 11010111 011111 0101110 110101 11110101 110111 0110110 110101 1110111 1101001 1101010 110111 1101011 111101 10010111 110111 01110111 1111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 620
  • Average number of words per stanza: 110
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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