This is an analysis of the poem In Sunflower Time that begins with:
In the farmhouse kitchen were Nan and John,
With only the sunflowers looking on.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aa bb cc dd aa ee ff aa aa gg aa hh ii aa cc jj kk ii jj dd XX aa jj ff ii lX gg fX aX ii mm aa Xe aa jj eX nn fX jj ee ll aa lX cc ll dd ee aX jj aX oo aa ii cc gg aa jjXff
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,5,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0011100111 0100110101 011100101 111100101 100111011 110100101 010010111 110101001 001110111 101110101 01010111 011101001 1100011001 1110100111 110101011 010110100 110100101 110011101 110010111 001110111 101100111 011110111 010010101 01011111 111101101 010101101 111011011 110011101 011101101 111110101 110101101 1100101101 110100111 010011111 101100101 110110111 1100010101 101010111 100101101 110100111 111100111 0101011110 110101001 101100101 11100111 1110100101 111011111 111111101 111101101 110100001 111101101 110101111 11011111 1110010101 111111101 010110101 11110111 111010111 111100101 011100111 111011101 110100111 100111101 1110100111 110110101 101101101 111111101 010101111 111101101 111111101 10010111 111101100 11011111 111010111 110011101 110101111 1110100101 1001001111 110011101 0011101101 101110101 111101011 1010011101 010011101 110101101 110111111 010100101 010111011 110100101 111110101 111110111 110010101 011111101 111011111 111101111 1011101101 011100101 101000101 111010111 101111111 111010111 110101101 100110101 111011101 111110101 111100101 111011111 111110101 011111001 111101100 110011101 110111111 110111101 111101111 110010111 1011101101
- Amount of stanzas: 58
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 78
- Average number of words per stanza: 15
- Amount of lines: 116
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
- 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; his, and, her, ' are repeated.
The author used the same word 'the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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