This is an analysis of the poem At My Window After Sunset that begins with:
Heaven and the sea attend the dying day,
And in their sadness overflow and blend-...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab caca dede aaaa fafa dXdg adad ahah aiai dbdb bibiXgfgf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 10101010101 1011010111 1111011111 1101011111 1111011111 11011111101 0101111001 0101011011 10110110001 11111100101 1111001101 1011011101 1111111101 1101110101 1011011101 1111111101 1111110101 0111111101 1111010101 0101100101 11010100111 1111011110 1101010101 1111010101 10010111001 1111010101 0101110101 1110110101 1101110101 1101110101 0111010111 10110101001 1110011111 1111011101 1111111111 1111110101 1111011101 1001010101 1111011101 1111111101 1111010111 1111011101 1101110101 1111111101 1111110011 1101011101 0101110101 0101010101
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 170
- Average number of words per stanza: 32
- Amount of lines: 48
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (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; and, i, lord, in, of, thou, give are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words thou, give are repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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