This is an analysis of the poem The Sunbeam that begins with:

Thou art no lingerer in monarch's hall,
A joy thou art, and a wealth to all!... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb ccdd ccee bbdd ffaa ffgg bbgg hhff bbii
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1111000111 011110101 0100110111 111110111 11100101101 1110100101 111101101001 11000101101 0010100101 1110111101 10100111111 1101100101 1110100101 101100101 110100101 0110100101 111010101 100101101 1010110101 10100101111 0011100111 100110101 1110101101 01011011 1110111011 10100111101 1011101101 1100110101 11101001001 10100010111 11000110101 1100110101 1101011011 1001001001 1101101010 01101101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 175
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; thou, and, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, thou, and are repeated.

    The author used the same words thou, i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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