This is an analysis of the poem Eleventh Sunday After Trinity that begins with:

Is this a time to plant and build,
Add house to house, and field to field,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbaa bbbbaa ccdddd ddbbee ffaagg ccbbhh ccaadd aafXdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 00010111 11011101 111101010 111101110 11011101 01110101 00011111 01111101 110001001 10011101 111100111 110111001 11011101 01010101 01011001 11010111 11111101 11000111 11010101 10011111 011111010 1111110010 10111111 01000101 010010101 11010101 110010101 111100110 010111011 100101011 10011101 01111101 110111001 010011101 01011101 110010111 11011101 01011001 11110101 11010101 11001101 110101101 110010101 10010011 11111111 1111001100 11011111 01110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 218
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; to, and, thy are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words when, to are repeated.

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

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