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

TO THE garden, the world, anew ascending,
Potent mates, daughters, sons, preluding,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaXXbXbXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 00100101010 101101100 0101011010110 100101110101010 001010011111101 10001110001110 1110100101101101 10110 0101111011 10000110001 111110111001 101111000101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 644
  • Average number of words per stanza: 97
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 53 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of To The Garden The World;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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