This is an analysis of the poem Holy Thursday that begins with:
They're kindly here, to let us linger so late,
Long after the shutters are up....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd eccceX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
- Metre: 11010111011 11001011 01010010001 011111 110011011011 111111010 1101101101 11101110 01010101 1111001 1100111 010101010 010010111011 111100110
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 181
- Average number of words per stanza: 34
- Amount of lines: 14
- 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.
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- summary of Holy Thursday;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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