This is an analysis of the poem Our Blessings that begins with:

Sitting to-day in the sunshine,
That touched me with fingers of love, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbdece ccacXfgf Xhihchdh dicigjXj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10010011 11101001 110010110 11011001 1111110010 11111011 111110010 01101001 010111010 0011010010 11010010 110111010 011110010 01110001 1011110011 101011110 110111010 11101011 1010001011 11011111 010011010 11101111 111011010 01001101 1110010010 01001011 111010010 011001001 11101000011 101001011 1010111010 111111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 300
  • Average number of words per stanza: 55
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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; brings is repeated.

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

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