This is an analysis of the poem St. Thomas' Day that begins with:
We were not by when Jesus came,
But round us, far and near,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababccdd dXdXeeee cacaffdX gagabbff hdhdiidd cjcjkkcc bdbdcckk gdgdhhee bgbgcXiX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 10111101 111111 11010101 010101 00111101 10010111 11111101 101101110101 10110101 010110 1001001001 111101 11111101 00111101 11010101 111101111111 10111111 010101 11011101 110001 11010011 11010101 10101110101 1111010101010 11010111 111111 11110101 010101 10111101 01010111 11011101 0011001001101 11011101 010111 10110111 111111 11010111 11010111 11011101 010111110101 11010111 111101 01010101 1100001 1111001110 101101010 01010101 111101011101 1101110001 101111 1001101111 111101 11111101 101101001 01010100110 1101010101010 01110101 110111 11010111 011101 01110001 01010101 11010101 1111011101001 11110111 111101 11111101 110100 11011101 111101100 1011110111 10111111111100
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 313
- Average number of words per stanza: 55
- Amount of lines: 72
- 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; his, and, their, thy are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word in is repeated.
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