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

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  • Rhyme scheme: X a bbccaaddeeffccgg X e ddd eehhiijjkkllddeeaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,16,1,1,3,18,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1 01001010 1111110101 1011011101 1111011011 1111100111 1111110001 1101111101 1101111111 1111000101 1111011101 0101010101 11110101111 1111011101 1111011111 01111101001 1111010101 1101010101 1 11101011101 11011111010 11110101010 01011101010 1111111111 0111010101 0101110111 11110110101 1101001101 0101000101 0101111101 1111001101 1110111111 0101001111 1111110111 01110011001 1101010101 1101110111 1110010101 1111110101 0101010111 1101010011
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 246
  • Average number of words per stanza: 48
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, that are repeated.

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