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

See the land, her Easter keeping,
Rises as her Maker rose. ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababXaba cdcdXaba
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101010 1010101 11101010 1110101 101001100 11101001 11111010 1011111 10111010 10011101 10111010 1010111 111011100 1010101 10101010 1011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 279
  • Average number of words per stanza: 48
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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 is repeated.

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

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

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