This is an analysis of the poem The Nemesis Of Suns that begins with:

Lo, what are these, the gyres of sun and world,
Fulfilled with daylight by each toiling sun-...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbXXbba XcXcacc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 11110100111 0101111101 11111101001 01010111110 1110110010100 11110001001 1111010101 1011011101 110110101100 011010101 10001010100 1 1111010101 0101110100 1101110011
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 313
  • Average number of words per stanza: 55
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (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; of is repeated.

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