This is an analysis of the poem Ossian's Hymn To The Sun that begins with:

O Thou whose beams the sea-gift earth array,
King of the sky, and father of the day!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccbb bbccddddeeaaffccgg aaXXbbbbaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,18,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1111011101 1001110001 1111010101 01110101001 1101011101 010110110101 1101001101 01010101000 1101001101 1001011101 0101110101 1101011101 01010100101001 01010000101 0110011101 10010010101 1101010011 1101101101 0101111101 0101010101 0101110101 1011110101 0101100101 01010110001 1111010101 1101010111 1100110111 10011101001 110111101010 11010111110 1111011101 1111010101 00010011101 0101010101 1101010101 1001110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 530
  • Average number of words per stanza: 94
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • 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; of, and are repeated.

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Ossian's Hymn To The Sun;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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