This is an analysis of the poem Early Morning Tea that begins with:

You are growing convalescent
As pain's fingers are withdrawn;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaabacbcb deXeXfcf gaXgabebeb ddgdXhch
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,8,10,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101010 1110101 11100011111 11101110 0011101 1110010111 10101110 0110101 11111010 1110101 1011100011 0101010101 1010001010101100 0101010101 111011111010 1001011101 010111010111010 00111010101 11111010 1010001 101110100100 11111010 0010101 10101110001 11001110 1001101 10101110 1010111 1111100011 10100010101 1110101011101010 1110010011 110101110010 11101010101 1110111010111010 11111010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 370
  • Average number of words per stanza: 65
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you is repeated.

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