This is an analysis of the poem The Morning Sun that begins with:

Far from the ignoble strife of Man's tavern you are
The wine-cup adorning the sky's assemblage you are...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aa aa bb cc dd bb ee ff ff gf ff hf cf gX ff bh Xa bb hg cc Xg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1000101011011 0110100101011 0101100100101111 01001100100101011 010110111001 010110100101001 100100111001 0101110001101 100011101 1101000100111 010010110010 010011100110010 00101100101001 10101001001011 01101101111 111101100101 111101010011010 1111001000101100 111011001010010 11101100111100 11001010010101110 11011000010100010 11110010011110 1010101001010101 00110110101 101100111010 1010111010110 0101101010001 1111110100100 11101101101000 0110010100011001 101101010101010 111101011101010 110010001011011 010110101001001 11101000011101001 10101001010011 010100010110100010 1000010011101000 0100101010110100 11001000001001010 1110100100010010
  • Amount of stanzas: 21
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 110
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • Average number of symbols per line: 54 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, of, from, for, my, be, may, to, in are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, may are repeated.

    The author used the same words the, may at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines are, removed, light, desired, life, eye, be, remained, is are repeated).

    The poet repeated the same words are, be at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of The Morning Sun;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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