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

“O bloom of lilies oversea!
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a Xbcab daadX a effe ef ghh ggh gb bggg i jkfXd fcbdb kaeiX XkefX jXj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,5,5,1,4,2,3,3,2,4,1,5,5,5,5,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101 11110100 110001001 01010100 11010111 01111101 11110111 110101101 11111101 11000101 11111100 11110101 11111111 11111001 11111101 100101001 11111111 01001101 110011101 10110101 11110101 10010100 01010111 11010000 11110001 100101001 11010111 11000101 11010111 11100101 1100011101 1011011111 0101111011 11010001001 111111011111 1101110011 10110101101 1101001100 11010101001 0101100101 10010111001 1101111101 11110100101 01110101101 1111011101 10011010101 1011010101 1111110111 1011111011 111010101010 110101111110 11110110101 1101111001 0101111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 16
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 139
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 64
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; o is repeated.

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

    The author used the same word o at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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