This is an analysis of the poem Easter-Day that begins with:

HOW very hard it is to be
A Christian! Hard for you and me,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbbbccddeeaaddffffggdhddbb XeeiaffjjaiffkXjjfXaa XffffffhXgg XhhlldhmmjjaaiannjjhhddjjddhhkkhhhXX aaaooffhhjjnnbbffnnjjppeeggff ajjXjffiaeeqqccbbjjjXXjkkffjjhhddaXddrrffffddkkggdd XjjjjaionbXhhccsohhffjjhXaahhkkffjjkkccddffffgghhffnnbbff Xcckkccmmggggff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 28,21,11,36,29,51,57,42,26,31,9,16,24,138,47,43,10,28,33,46,7,32,16,25,12,82,27,42,22,41,14,5,36,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
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  • Amount of stanzas: 33
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1117
  • Average number of words per stanza: 204
  • Amount of lines: 1087
  • 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; we, faith, or, to, and, you, as, all, that, my, no, one, me, i, in, of, so, his, s, with, love are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words such, to, the, i, of, as, its, that, his, still, with are repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases here, me, lose, love connect the lines.

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