This is an analysis of the poem All On An April Morning that begins with:

The teacher was wise and learned, I wis,
All nonsense she held in scorning,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXAB cXcb abab Xded afaf ghgh eiei XXeX ebeb aXAB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010111111 11011010 11101110101 010010110 101010101 11001100 110011111 0010110110 111010001 11101110 0011110101 10111010 1110101101 11111110 111111101 01110010 011110111 11011010 110110011 11101010 110010101 01001010 10111101111 11010010 1110111101 11100010 10010101101 11001010 10110111 01101110 010010101 11111110 110111101 11010110 101110101 11000010 11001011101 01111010 11101110101 010010110
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 151
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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; his, and are repeated.

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

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