This is an analysis of the poem Sabbath Queen that begins with:

The sun has already disappeared beyond the treetops,
Come let us go and welcome the Sabbath Queen, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbccBBX XXcXXXa dbXXcca AdcbXXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 01101010101011 11111100101 100100100111011 100110010111 111 111 10101110010 11100100111 1101111101 1010010111 1001000101000011 001110 001110 10111001 101111101101010110 01110001111 11111010111010010 110100110111011 10011 10101 110111001 01101010101011 11101000101010 1011011 111111001101 11110 11110 10111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 294
  • Average number of words per stanza: 54
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; and, o, by, peace are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words come, a, and, yes are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines queen, shabbat, rest are repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word peace at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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