This is an analysis of the poem To The Sinking Sun that begins with:
How graciously thou wear'st the yoke
Of use that does not fail!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababXb cdcded eBeBXb Xffghg ijijXj ckckbkXhkhkhk
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,13,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11001101 011111 01011101 100101 010101010 110110101 110011101 10001 11000101 101101 110111010 11011010 11001111 010111 11010111 010111 1110111010 01010100 11011111 110101 11110101 100100 11111111 11111100 111100001 110101 11010101 111101 110110011 011100101 10110101 011111 10110011 010001 100000100 10110101 110111001 1001001 11111111 0111001 11111101 11110101
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 185
- Average number of words per stanza: 34
- Amount of lines: 42
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of To The Sinking Sun;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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