This is an analysis of the poem Sun-Rhapsody that begins with:

The Sun! the Sun!
a fish in the aquarium of sky... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXbbX cccccX XXccXX dad
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0101 0100010001 1101010101 01 1101 11011101 00010011 0001000101 00010001 1101 1101 111000 101100 101100 010101001 0111010101 00010111110 0111000 0101 0101 1101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 133
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Sun-Rhapsody;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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