This is an analysis of the poem To The Sun that begins with:
Thy light is an eminence unto thee
And thou art upheld by the pillars of thy strength....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcdeafccgg XfcfedXhceeiacfecgfXfgahbcXi
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,28,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101100101 111011010011 11000010101 1110011010101 1001100111 11011111101 1001001011 110011111 1010101110 11001111010 010111111 0111001010 11111101 1010010010 011110110101 110101001 11000001 01011001 1110001000001 1010011 110100110001 11000100110 110101100 1110111101 11111001 1101001101 11101010101 110101 111001101 101011110 1110100011 0111011010 00100101110 10110110 100101111 111011101 1110001 1110110 110011010
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 786
- Average number of words per stanza: 147
- Amount of lines: 39
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; thy, and, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of To The Sun;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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