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

Through the streets where at windows of old houses
the persian blinds hide secret luxuries,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeaeeffggaahh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111100110 0101110100 101011001010 10111011110 1101011011 10011110011 10011110010 10101101101 0100101001 100101101 11101010001 1011110101 0011110011010 1011110110 101010110110 000101111010 11110101011 1010100101 10111011001 11001110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 891
  • Average number of words per stanza: 166
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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