This is an analysis of the poem Dies Dominica! The Sunshine Burns that begins with:

Dies Dominica! the sunshine burns
strong incense on the breathing fields of morn:... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cbcb adad efef
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 101000111 1011010101 10011100101 1101010111 1101010101 010111001001 1101011101 11011111111 101000101 101101001110 01110010101 100010110110 01001010001 1001010001 110110101001 0101001101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 171
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

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