This is an analysis of the poem Saturday Evening that begins with:

Safely through another week,
God has brought us on our way; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcc XdXdee fgfgbb hihicc dfdfjj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010101 1111111 1110101 11010101 1010101 1000101 10100110 1011101 1010101 1110101 1010110 1010101 1111101 1011001 111011 1011111 0110111 1110101 1011111 1111101 1110111 1101101 1011101 0110101 1110101 1010101 1010101 1011101 1111101 1110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 187
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Saturday Evening;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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