This is an analysis of the poem Second Sunday After Epiphany that begins with:
The heart of childhood is all mirth:
We frolic to and fro... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab acaX dede fgfg hihi jkjk dcdc eeee alal fgfg mfmf nono pdpd efef dddd bebeXkfkf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 01011011 110011 11111011 011111 10010101 1101001 110101111 01111000 110100101 110111 010110111 111101 10011101 001101 010111001 1100101 11110101 0101110 10110101 0101010 010101001 110101 11110111 110101 11111101 011101 11010101 111101 10011111 011101 1100100101 110101 01110111 0101010 100110111 0111110 10010101 011111 11011111 011101 01011111 010011 10010101 100101 11010111 110101 11011101 110101 10111101 110111 10111101 111111 11111101 010101 111100101 010101 11111101 0100101 01010101 101111 100101001 1100101 11111111 011101 10110101 111101 11010111 111111
- Amount of stanzas: 17
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 134
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 68
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; as, her are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, the are repeated.
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