This is an analysis of the poem Monday In Easter Week that begins with:

Go up and watch the new-born rill
Just trickling from its mossy bed,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab aXab cdcd efef bgbg haha eiei hfhf jbjb fbfb bkbk lmlm gigiXbdbd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11110111 11000101 100111 0011001 11010101 111110011 110101 0100101 01110111 01001101 110011 011111 11111101 11010101 010111 111101 10010101 110011111 100111 110111 101010111 001010100 0110111 110101 11110111 01010101 010101 110101 01111101 00010101 110111 110101 01010101 01010001 010101 1100101 110010101 01011101 111101 010101 01010101 010001010 110101 1100110 01010101 11010101 011111 010101 11011101 11011101 1001101 010100 11011111 11001101 110101 1101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 14
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 140
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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