This is an analysis of the poem The Law that begins with:
The sun may be clouded, yet ever the sun
Will sweep on its course till the cycle is run.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabb ccdd eeff ggff aadd bbdd XXaa hhii aaffXbbaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 01101011001 01101101001 11101001011 01101001011 11101001011 11101001111 11011001001 01001011111 10110010111 11011011101 01001001001 01111001001 01001001001 01001001001 01111111000 11001010001 01001011011 01011101101 101101001011 101001001001 11011001001 11101101001 11001011011 11011011011 11111011111 11001101011 01010011101 01011111001 01001011111 11011001011 111111111010 111110111010 11011111001 11001001001 001001111001 01101011101 11111011111 11001111111 11111101011 01111001001
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 190
- Average number of words per stanza: 37
- Amount of lines: 40
- Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; your, you, it, in, or, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words it, the, you are repeated.
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- summary of The Law;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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