This is an analysis of the poem Easter Eve that begins with:

Hear me, Brother, gently met;
Just a little, turn, not yet,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaabcccb bbbbdddb effeggge hhhdeeed eefciiic Xbbeggge gggciiic dddbaaab iiijgggj kkklmmml efeeaaaf aaanXeen ooonbbbX XXXieeXi cccgmmg aaabaaab gggdhhhd gggbiiib XfXommmo dddbbbbb aaafmmmf gXgimmmX nnnfgggX bbbXdddn mmmgaaag kkkngggk ccceXeee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,7,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 1110101 1010111 1111101 1011101 1110101 1010111 1110101 10101001 1011101 1111111 10001101 101100101 0110111 0110100 1010111 1010111 1010101 01100100 1110100 1100101 1010101 1010111 0010101 1010111 1111101 1111101 1111101 10111001 1110101 0110111 1111111 1010111 11001101 1110111 0101100 1110111 0111101 0011111 1111101 1110101 0010111 1110101 1000111 1011101 1011101 1011001 1011111 1011101 100101001 1011101 1010111 1010111 0010101 0011011 10010001 01101001 1111101 0010101 1010101 1010111 1111101 0011111 1011001 1010101 1010101 1110111 1010101 1100101 1010111 1111101 0010111 1111111 1111101 1010111 1111111 1010101 1010111 1011101 1011111 1110101 1110111 1011100 10010101 1111101 1110111 1010111 1011101 10100100 10101110 10101110 10101110 10011010 1010110 1010101 1010101 10001010 1011111 10100101 0010111 1010100 1111111 1000111 1010111 1010100 1110111 0010100 1010100 1010111 1110101 10101001 1111100 1111101 0011001 0010100 1111111 1010101 1111111 1011111 0010101 1011101 01110001 1010111 1110101 1011111 1011101 1010111 1010101 1010101 1110101 101110 1101101 1010111 1110001 10101101 1110111 1110101 1011101 1011101 0010111 1010111 1010111 1011101 1111101 00111110 00101110 1010100 10100101 1011111 1011101 0010111 1010101 1010111 1110101 1010111 1010001 1110101 1010101 1011111 1010101 1011111 0011100 1010111 001100 0011111 1011101 1010111 1110100 10100111 11111000 1000111 1101101 0010101 1110111 1111111 10101110 1111101 0010101 1010101 1011100 1011101 1111101 1111111 1111101 1110101 1011111 1110101 1010100 1010111 1011111 1010111 1010100 1110111 1110001 1111101 0011101 1111101 1110111 1110111 0010101 10011101 0011101 1011101 1011111 1111111 1011111 1010111 1110111 1010101 0010111 0011111 1011101 101110 1110111 10011111 0010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 27
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 241
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 215
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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, that, his, from, i are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, from, in are repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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