This is an analysis of the poem The Song Of The Garden-Toad that begins with:

Down, down beneath the daisy beds,
O hear the cries of pain! ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbababbb XdcdXeXebe fadafgdg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101 110101 11010101 110101 11000101 010111 110011001 110111 11110101 110001 11011101 011011 11110101 110111 11101101 110101 11101101 010101 11011001 100101 11111101 110101 101101 011101 100101001 111111 110001001 011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 297
  • Average number of words per stanza: 55
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

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