This is an analysis of the poem On The Way To Church that begins with:

There is one I know. I see her sometimes pass
In the morning streets upon her way to Mass,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabccb dddaad eedddd eefddf gghbbhXffaffa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 10111110011 00101010101 0111000101 1101101101 1001110101 10110001101 1001100101 0111000101 1011110111 0111110001 1001010101 1011110101 1011110101 1011011101 1101110001 0011010111 1001010001 1001010101 1001010111 0101110101 1111010101 1111000101 1111010011 1011010101 1101110101 1110110101 1001100111 0111001111 1001000111 1011010101 11110111010 10110011010 1111111111 1101000011 1111111100 1111011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 259
  • Average number of words per stanza: 51
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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