This is an analysis of the poem Fourth Sunday In Advent that begins with:
Of the bright things in earth and air
How little can the heart embrace!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdXd efef agag chch iXih dddd XhXh bebX gbgb eheh cjcj egXg kXkeXhkhk
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 00110111 11010101 11110111 11011101 11010101 11010101 01011110 11010101 110101001 01011101 01010111 11111111 010111001 11011101 10110111 10011101 11011111 11011111 110010101 010111001 11011101 11111110 11101101 110110101 11110111 11010111 11011101 10010101 010111100 11011101 0100111000 10110101 11011101 10110111 11011101 0101001100 010001111 01011101 11110111 10010111 11010111 11010101 11110111 01011101 111100101 110010111 11110101 01011101 01011111 11110101 11011110 101101001 111100111 11010100 10101101 010101001 11110111 01110101 10110101 11011111
- Amount of stanzas: 15
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 147
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 60
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; 'tis, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
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