Analysis of The Gardener

Katharine Tynan 1861 (Ireland) – 1931



In the garden she hath found
Herb of grace and fever-few;
Woundwort there doth much abound,
Heartsease too.

Where she laid dead things away
In the chilly earth, what stir!
Whisper of Spring-time, green and gay,
Comes to her.

All Sweet-Nancies, daffodils,
Talking in their beds below
Of sweet vales and shining hills
Whither they go.

In the garden there's no grief;
God walks there and He is kind,
When the first dear crumpled leaf
Shakes in the wind.

There's no death now. Winter's done.
All's given back. The dead again
Walk with her in the wind and sun
And the sweet rain.

Heartsease in her garden plot,
Ladders-to-Heaven scale the skies;
While the dear forget-me-not
Brightens her eyes.


Scheme ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH IXIX JKJK
Poetic Form Quatrain  (83%)
Metre 0010111 1110101 111101 11 1111101 0010111 10111101 110 11110 1001101 1110101 1011 0010111 1110111 1011101 1001 1111101 11010101 11000101 0011 100101 10110101 1010111 1001
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 684
Words 123
Sentences 11
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 24
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 90
Words per stanza (avg) 20
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Katharine Tynan

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