This is an analysis of the poem St. Peter's Day that begins with:
Thou thrice denied, yet thrice beloved,
Watch by Thine own forgiven friend;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaa bcbc dede dfdf ghXh ifij gkXk llll aaaa fmjm dkdk ndnd kgkg emem gaga Xnan momoXdede
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 110111010 11110101 01010101 10111001 01011111 01010101 110011001 11110101 111001001 10111011 10110111 11010101 11011101 10111101 11011111 01011001 11111111 11110101 11101110 101110011 11010111 01100111 100010001 11011100 101010101 010001101 010101100 11010101 11000101 01011101 01010111 10110101 10010001 01011100 00111101 11110001 111110101 11010111 111011100 101110101 010011101 011100101 00111101 11110111 01000101 010111010 10110101 110101010 01010101 101101001 11110001 11011101 11110111 10010101 110101001 11110101 01100110 11010001 11110101 010100101 11010110 11011101 01010111 01011111 11011111 11010101 11010101 11100101 0100101010 01010111 1001001010 11010101
- Amount of stanzas: 18
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 147
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 72
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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, his, he are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
The author used the same word he at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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