This is an analysis of the poem Easter 2016 that begins with:

Was it the brave men dying
or the sad girls crying that made...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXbaaXccXdXcbXadbee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001110 10111011 11111010 011110011 0011101010 01110101 1101011 1111101 10100101 010111 011110101 111010101 1110110010 001011101 001110001 00101111 01110111 101101 0100101 00011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 657
  • Average number of words per stanza: 128
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Easter 2016;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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