This is an analysis of the poem Early Sunday Morning that begins with:

I used to mock my father and his chums
for getting up early on Sunday morning...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcX adbX Xecd bXea cXcX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101110101 11011011110 1101010101 1111011 111011111010 111110111 10101011100 0110101 0101111 110101111 1111000101 10001111 10010101010 01010011 111101010 1010011111 11111000101 110101010 101011001 101001110
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 144
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, and are repeated.

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