This is an analysis of the poem Your Harps, Ye Trembling Saints that begins with:

Your harps, ye trembling saints,
Down from the willows take;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xaba cdXd cbdb adcd XeXe cfcf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111001 100111 10010101 1100101 100101 111101 11001101 1100101 010001 101101 10111101 110101 110101 1101001 10010111 110101 111111 011001 01000111 011001 100111 110111 11110101 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 115
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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.

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  • summary of Your Harps, Ye Trembling Saints;
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  • history of its creation;
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