This is an analysis of the poem St. Philip And St. James that begins with:

Dear is the morning gale of spring,
And dear th' autumnal eve;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab caca dede fgfg ebeb cccc hXhe fifi jkjk cici jjjj cici cXcX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100101001 1110101 11011101 010101 010110101 110101 10010101 0101001 10010101 110111 11011111 110101 10011101 110101 11011101 0100101 11011101 110101 10110111 011111 10010101 111111 11010101 110101 11010101 1101001 010100111 111101 101101101 111101 11111101 011101 11110101 111111 11010101 11011 110111001 1000101 11011101 110101 11110101 011101 11010101 111101 11110111 1100111 10010101 111111 01010101 110101 10111101 101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 131
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 52
  • 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 thy is repeated.

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