This is an analysis of the poem Fifth Sunday After Easter - Rogation Sunday that begins with:

Now is there solemn pause in earth and heaven;
The Conqueror now... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcc adadcc efefgg ffffeX hihiaa ieXehh ececcc jhjhcc ikikll ememll kmkmhXXhfhfii
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 10110101110 01001 01110 1101011101 11110101 11011001 1001010101 10110 0101 010110001010 11011101 01101101 11110101101 0111 11001 111111011 11011111 110101001 10011101001 1101 1111 0101110101 0100111001 11010101 1111101001 0101 1111 1111010101 00010101 100010001 1101111101 11001 10011 1011011101 01111101 10010101 1111110101 1111 10101 11110101001 01011001 11010101 1101110111 0101 1111 11010111001 01011101 10010101 1111010101 0101 1101 1011000101 01010001 01010101 1101010101 0101 1111 1111011111 01111101 010001101 1101011101 1111 1011 111111101 11001101 11010110 1001010101 0111 1101 1101110001 11110101 11111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 207
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 72
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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