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
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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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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