This is an analysis of the poem Easter that begins with:
OUT of the darkness and shadow of death,
Out of the anguish that wells from the tomb,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd efefgggg hihijXjX kXkXbdbd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1001011101 1001011001 00010010001 1111101001 1001011001 1101101011 1001011011 1101001001 1001101101 1001001101 1111011101 1101001001 1101001111 1001001011 01101001101 111001001101 1001011101 1011101001 111110111101 011111001011 111011101011 11011111001 111101011101 001001001010 10001001011 10001011001 101011111011 0010011011100 11001011001 111011011111 111111101001 101011111001
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 372
- Average number of words per stanza: 74
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, her, i, and, our are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words out, easter, and are repeated.
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- summary of Easter;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
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