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

More beatiful than the remarkable moon and her noble light,
More beautiful than the stars, the famous medals of the night,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbc cdea cfe gc c Xe ae hh feg aadXXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,4,3,2,1,2,2,2,3,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1100100100110101 110010101010001 110010100100101 1100111101101010 0110111110110001 1001110011010 10101100010101 0101101110001001 1111111011101 010110110101 1100101101101 111111010111 10011111011100011 111011111101 10110010011001001 1011001010101010101 1000110101001 101010001001001 10101000100111001010 10111111101111 10010111111 1011001010101111 1110010110101 01011111011 10010111110101 1101111110111 0111101010011 111111001111011 11010010001011
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 154
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 29
  • Average number of symbols per line: 58 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; more, than, and, see, beautiful, that, blue, for, not are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words more, nothing, and, blue are repeated.

    The author used the same word nothing at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of To The Sun;
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