This is an analysis of the poem Third Sunday After Epiphany that begins with:

I marked a rainbow in the north,
What time the wild autumnal sun... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcc deXeff fbfbbb agagee bbbbbb ededhh hchXhX fifihh jejehh hbhbee cdcdkkXkhkhjj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011001 11010101 00111111 11000111 101100111 10010101111 010101001 11111101 11110111 11010011 11111101 0101000101 11000101 11000101 11010101 10011101 11001101 010101010101 10111001 11010101 00110101 11110111 10010101 0110011111101 110111110 11010001 110111010 01010101 10110101 111101101001 01010111 01011111 10011100 11110001 11010001 0111011101 10011101 10010101 100010011 010101110 10011101 110110101110 11011101 01010111 10110101 010100001 11010101 0111111101001 11011101 01110101 110011001 11110111 10110101 011101100101 11011101 11110101 10110001 11011111 11010101 1110110010101 11010101 0100110011 11011111 01000101 101010101 010101110101 101111001 10010001 11000101 010000101 01000101 110101111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 241
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 72
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (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, thy are repeated.

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  • summary of Third Sunday After Epiphany;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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