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

The sun hath twice brought forth the tender green,
And clad the earth in lively lustiness; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaXbXbcbcdcdadaeaeXefgfggggagafafgfggggggghgdidihihaha
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 55,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0111110101 1101010100 1101011001 110101110 1111101101 1101010100 0101010001 01101001 1101111001 0101110111 1101010001 1110110111 0111100111 1111100001 1111100111 1101111101 1101011111 1101110101 1111101101 1111110101 11011101001 0101110101 0100100101 1101011101 1111001011 0111110011 1101110101 1101011001 0010110111 1111110101 1111101001 11010100101 1011111111 1011110111 0111111111 1111110011 0101110101 1101001011 0101110101 10111111111 1111110001 1111110111 11011101101 011011011110 0101111101 1011111111 1011110011 01001110101 1101111111 1011010101 1011110010 1101010111 0111110111 1111111101 1101111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2394
  • Average number of words per stanza: 462
  • Amount of lines: 55
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, that, my, i, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and are repeated.

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