This is an analysis of the poem The Restoration Of The Royal Family that begins with:

As when the Paschal week is o'er,
Sleeps in the silent aisles no more... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xabccb ddceec ffgccg hhiddi ggjffj ccXcca XXkffk iifddf ddfjjX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110101010 100101011 010101 11010101 01010101 1100101 01110111 010010101 101101 01011101 10011101 001101 10011101 110110101 110101 10110101 11011111 010011 10111111 01010111 110101 111100111 010111101 110111 11110101 11010001 110101 11110111 11000101 010101 11110101 011110101 011101 11010101 11111111 1100101 11011101 11111110 1100111 11111001 11010101 011101 111000101 11011101 0101001 01010101 11010101 010101 01110101 10110101 0100101 1001011101 11111101 010111100
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 203
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 54
  • 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; to is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

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