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

I Got me flowers to straw Thy way,
I got me boughs off many a tree; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaa bcbc XdXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111100111 111111001 11111101 11110101 01010001 1111111101 01110010 01010101 11010110 1101001010 11110111 101111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 153
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; but is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.

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