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

Thou first-born of the year's delight,
Pride of the dewy glade,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab caca bdbd efef gdgd hfhf ibib abaX jcjc bkbk eaea dgdg klklXgege
  • 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: 11100101 100101 01011101 110101 11011101 110101 110101001 101101 11110101 010111 11010001 111101 11111111 110101 01010101 101101 11000101 1111001 11110101 111111 010111001 110101 11011101 0101101 11011101 010101 11010101 010101 1111101001 110101 11011101 1001010 11011111 110101 11111101 101001 11111101 111101 11111101 1100001 11010101 111101 11110101 110101 11010101 1100101 11110111 1000111 11111101 011101 11001101 011101 011101001 110101 10110111 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 14
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 130
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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