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

Pure fasted faces draw unto this feast:
God comes all sweetness to your Lenten lips.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabba acacac
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1101011001 1111001101 1101001101 1101110101 01011101101 01011010111 1101110101 1101001101 11101010111 0101011011 10101010100 1101010101 11111100101 1111010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 324
  • Average number of words per stanza: 55
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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