This is an analysis of the poem The Sunset Of Romanticism that begins with:

How beautiful a new sun is when it rises,
flashing out its greeting, like an explosion!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbabXbXbXXXXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 110001101010 10101011010 10010101010 00110101011 1010111101010 1010110101 111001010010 011111011001 11010100101 101001010001 10101101 11000110011 1011110011 1011110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 628
  • Average number of words per stanza: 111
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • 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:

    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.

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

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