Analysis of The Garden of Sin



I know the garden-close of sin,
The cloying fruits, the noxious flowers,
I long have roamed the walks and bowers,
Desiring what no man shall win:

A secret place to shelter in,
When soon or late the angry powers
Come down to seek the wretch who cowers,
Expecting judgment to begin.

The pleasure long has passed away
From flowers and fruit, each hour I dread
My doom will find me where I lie.
I dare not go, I dare not stay.
Without the walks, my hope is dead,
Within them, I myself must die.


Scheme ABBA ABBA CDECDE
Poetic Form
Metre 11010111 010101010 111101010 010011111 01011100 111101010 11110111 01010101 01011101 1100111011 11111111 11111111 01011111 0111111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 485
Words 96
Sentences 5
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 6
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 127
Words per stanza (avg) 31
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Robert Fuller Murray

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