Analysis of Easter

Katharine Tynan 1861 (Ireland) – 1931



Bring flowers to strew His way,
Yea, sing, make holiday;
Bid young lambs leap,
And earth laugh after sleep.

For now He cometh forth
Winter flies to the north,
Folds wings and cries
Amid the bergs and ice.

Yea, Death, great Death is dead,
And Life reigns in his stead;
Cometh the Athlete
New from dead Death's defeat.

Cometh the Wrestler,
But Death he makes no stir,
Utterly spent and done,
And all his kingdom gone.


Scheme AABB CCXX DDEE FFXX
Poetic Form Quatrain  (50%)
Metre 1101111 11110 1111 011101 111101 101101 1101 010101 111111 011011 1001 111101 100100 111111 100101 011101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 421
Words 78
Sentences 5
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 20
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 81
Words per stanza (avg) 19
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 01, 2023

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Katharine Tynan

Katharine Tynan was an Irish-born writer, known mainly for her novels and poetry. more…

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