This is an analysis of the poem A Little Bit Of Garden that begins with:

We need no crown or sceptre,
for now that it is spring,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcb adXd efXf cbeb egfgXabcb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111110 1110001 10101010 1100101 0101010 010101 01010101 110111 0111111 010111 110011101 110101 0101010 010101 110101101 1101101 1100110 011101 11011101 011101 1111110 1100101 1101010 1101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 113
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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 A Little Bit Of Garden;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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