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

I went to the Garden of Love,
And saw what I never had seen; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcb cdad eXee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11001001 11111011 01011001 11101101 101001001 111111001 111001001 11101101 11101101 11111010 1101101011 11001111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 158
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

    The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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