This is an analysis of the poem The Two April Mornings that begins with:

We walked along, while bright and red
Uprose the morning sun; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaX cccX dXdX bebX fcfc eaea bgbg eheh bibi cjcj ekek jeje hchc bbbXXkaka
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11011111 100101 11011111 1001010 01011011 0101001 11011111 1001101 11110101 110101 11010001 010101 11111110 101111 01110001 110111 01010101 110101 01010101 011101 11011101 110011 01101111 110001 11011101 1101110 00011101 0001010 11111101 111101 10011111 011101 11011101 010101 11111110 010100 11011101 111101 11011111 1101101 11000111 010111 01011111 010101 11010111 011111 01011101 010101 11000101 1010111 11110101 110101 11010101 111101 11101101 1011010 10000111 101111 11110001 010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 15
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 125
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 60
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; and, she are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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