This is an analysis of the poem The New Zealot To The Sun that begins with:

Persian, you rise
Aflame from climes of sacrifice... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbXcb ddeffe XXghhg ffiaXi cceaaeXccdccd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011 01010101 110001 110101100 01011101 110111 1101 10110101 110101 11010001 010011001 111101 11010 111100011 010101 11100101 101111001 011101 1011 0101111001 110101 01010111 101101001 110101 1111 01110101 01101 11011101 01110111 101101 1101 110010101 1100111 11011101 110100101 010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 178
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

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