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

The king of day rides on,
To give the placid morning birth; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab caca dede efef fefe agag
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010111 01010101 11010101 110101 110101 100100110 01100101 110101 1001011 01010101 01010101 110101 110111 11010101 10010101 111001 111101 01110101 11010111 010001 0101001 11011001 01110101 111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 124
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • 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:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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