This is an analysis of the poem Fourth Sunday In Lent that begins with:

When Nature tries her finest touch,
Weaving her vernal wreath,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xabba cdeed fghhg XifXi egiig dahha adddd Xecce Xbggb ehjjh degge kdlldXkbeeb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101 100101 11111101 10011111 111101 110101001 110011 11010111 01110101 110101 10110101 110111 01011111 11010101 111111 1101010110 110101 01010101 1100101010 110101 110111010 110101 1100101011 01010101 110101 101010101 100111 11110101 10010101 1101001 11110001 100101 11010101 111111011 110101 11010101 010101 110101001 01011111 1111001 11010110 010111 11110111 110111011 010101 010111010 010011 0100101010 1100101010 110100 11010001 110111 11010101 11010101 110001 11110101 100101 11110111 100111001 110001 11010101 010101 11010111 11000111 010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 164
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 65
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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 is repeated.

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

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