This is an analysis of the poem Sunjuice that begins with:

What happens when the juice of the sun
drenches you...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcXXcad bbeaXce aeXXXcd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,7,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110101001 101 0010010110 11101010 11111011 11010011 1110101 11110101 1011 11001 10111011 1 110010110 0110001001010 010001010 0110111 0101 01101001001 011010010100 101010100 101001010 010000101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 234
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; your, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words your, will are repeated.

    The author used the same word what at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines do is repeated).

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Sunjuice;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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