This is an analysis of the poem Poetry that begins with:

RISING and setting suns of Liberty—
Mountainous exploits and the wrecks thick strewn... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabaabXacdcddc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1011010100 1001110111 11010111001 0101010111 1101100111 0101010110 1001010 01001000101 1101110111 0101000001 01001110100 11110010011 01011100101 0101000111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 576
  • Average number of words per stanza: 102
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word of is repeated.

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

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