Ah! Why, Because The Dazzling Sun by Emily Jane Brontë: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Ah! Why, Because The Dazzling Sun that begins with:

Ah! why, because the dazzling sun
Restored my earth to joy... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab caca cbcb dada efef ghgh ffff abab idid cjcj gagaXahah
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110101001 011101 110101001 110101 110111001 010101 10011101 111101 11111111 110101 1100011001 110101 11011101 110101 111100111 111111 10010101 111101 110100101 1111001 11111101 011111 01010101 111111 11111111 111101 11010101 110101 11100101 011111 11010101 101111 01110101 111111 11110001 111101 010101001 0100111 01011111 110101 11111101 111101 11100011 111111 110101001 110101 11110101 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 129
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, and, o, that are repeated.

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