This is an analysis of the poem Sixth Sunday After Trinity that begins with:

When bitter thoughts, of conscience born,
With sinners wake at morn,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccdd bbeebbcc ffccggbb hhXciicc jjkkllkk bbkkdgee ggmmllcX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101 010111 10110111 01011101 1001011101 1111001101 11010101 11111101 11110101 110111 101100110 10010011 00010101011 11001011101 01011101 10010101 11010101 111101 110010111 10011111 10110101010 10010111010 1101101 01110111 010010101 110001 110111110 11011111 1101010101 010100001001 110011101 0111101 11111101 001101 11001101 01010101 0101010100 01101010101 110101001 11110101 11111111 011101 10001101 01010100 0101001101 11001111010 110100111 11010111 110111010 1111110 101110101 11110101 1111110001 1011110100 10110111 1010111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 312
  • Average number of words per stanza: 53
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words one, the, think are repeated.

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