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

Lent gathers up her cloak of sombre shading
In her reluctant hands. ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababacacXdeDafafaXagbgbgababedeD
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 32,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101010110 000101 01010100010 1100011 01010101010 110111 01110101010 000101 01010111111 111101 110011111010 010111 110100010010 111101 10111101010 0111001 11011001010 011100 11110101110 011101 11010101110 010101 01000111010 010101 11010101010 010111 11111101010 010111 11010101010 011101 11110111010 010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1213
  • Average number of words per stanza: 202
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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; her is repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Easter;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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