This is an analysis of the poem A Summer Sunrise that begins with:

AFTER LEE O. HARRIS
The master-hand whose pencils trace... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a abaab cdccd dedde cecce fgffg eeeee chcch igiig
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 101110 01011101 01011001 01011101 01010101 01010101 11010101 11010101 110010111 11010001 11010101 11000111 11010101 01010101 01010101 11010111 01001101 11000101 11111001 01010101 11111101 11001101 11010001 010010001 01110101 01010101 11011101 11010101 01011101 11011101 11000101 11110101 11010001 01010101 01010101 01010001 11010101 01011101 11110111 11000101 11010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 150
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 41
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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.

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

    The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of A Summer Sunrise;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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