This is an analysis of the poem All-Saints' Day (1867) that begins with:
Blessed are they whose baby-souls are bright,
Whose brows are sealèd with the cross of light,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaB ccXB aaaB dddB eeeB aaaB aaaB dddBfffB cccB gggB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,8,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111110111 111100101 1101110101 111 111110101 0101110101 11011101000 111 111110001 1101010100 1111110111 111 111010111 1101110101 1101110101 111 111110101 1111111111 10010110011 111 111110101 0101000101 0101110100 111 111011101 0101110101 0111001111 111 111110101 1101010101 1111000101 111 11010101010 11110000101 11110001010 111 111110111 01111100111 1111000101 111 111010011 0101100101 1011110101 111
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 167
- Average number of words per stanza: 30
- Amount of lines: 44
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; they, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words blessed, to are repeated.
The author used the same word blessed at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word they at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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