This is an analysis of the poem The Sun Wields Mercy that begins with:
and the sun wields mercy
but like a jet torch carried to high, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbcdecXcdcXfgcXdhdijidckbdjdcXiXcXkcdclmcjXXblXjnadddcbdnchbcoeaekjcgcXlXXibamfooefig Xe
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 86,2,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101110 110111001 10110101 110111 1011101 111001 111 11111111 1011001 1011001 1001010 100110 11001000101 0101 010111 10111 01011010 00111 01000101 00110010 01001 1101010010 111011 11101 0100110 0101101 1110 1000101 1111 1110011 1001101 101011010110 111000 1011101 1011001000 010110 1111110 1011100 0101111 10100101 11010001 1001111 10111 100101011 01010101 01011111 010101011 101011 000001001 0011100 1010110 1001101 01010011 0101001 010100101 1010111 1111 0111111010 1011010 101011111 10110011 01010110 10100011 011110 1110110 11111101 110110110 11011001 10110100100 11010001 11010110 01110000 11111011 0101010111 101000111 0010110001 1111 1010010100 01011001101 01011 0100101011 00101 11010 110100110111 1101011010 111011 0100010
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1357
- Average number of words per stanza: 233
- Amount of lines: 88
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, out, sold, by, dream are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, the, by, a are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines dream is repeated).
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