This is an analysis of the poem Sunday After Ascension that begins with:

The Earth that in her genial breast
Makes for the down a kindly nest,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaabab cccdXd eeecec cccXcf cccgcg hXhdhd iiieie aaacac cccjcj eeejej cccfcf aaXaaa kkkfXf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01100101 11010101 11010111 01110 11000101 01010 10011111 11011101 10010101 1101 11111110 1011 11110101 111101010 110011010 11001 0101101010 1111 10110101 10111001 10110111 0100100 11010101 1101 10110101 11011101 1100111001 1111 111100111 0101 101010101 11110100 100011111 1111 11010111 1101 10011001 11010101 01010111 1111 01011111 11011 10011101 11110101 1111001001 10001 11010101 0101 111010101 0100110101 111001101 0111 11001101 1111 10111101 11111101 10110101 0011 11010011 0101 01010001 110101001 100111001 0101 0111101 0101 01011111 010010101 10110100 1001 01110011 1101 01010101 110100101 110111001 1111 11110110 1101
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 186
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 78
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; her, to, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word largely is repeated.

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