This is an analysis of the poem Palm Sunday that begins with:

Ye whose hearts are beating high
With the pulse of Poesy, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbbcdcdbbeedfXf bbgghhhX eeiicjcj jjggfefe ggiiabXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111101 001010 1011101 11100101 1110111 0010111 1010011 1011111 1010011 1111111 1111101 1111101 1110101 0100101 11111001 1010111 1011111 1110111 1010101 1010111 10110111 1011111 11101011 1011010 11100101 0111101 1110111 10111001 1010101 1011001 1110111 1110101 1110101 11111001 11010101 01011001 1001101 10111010 11101101 011101010 11000101 01010011 111101101 10111101 1110100 110001 1110100 0010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 320
  • Average number of words per stanza: 58
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • 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.

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  • summary of Palm Sunday;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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