This is an analysis of the poem Sun Of The Sleepless! that begins with:
Sun of the sleepless! melancholy star!
Whose tearful beam glows tremulously far,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabb ccdd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 1001010101 1101110001 1101011101 1111010101 1101010101 11111001001 0111010001 0111011111
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 180
- Average number of words per stanza: 31
- Amount of lines: 8
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; but is repeated.
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