This is an analysis of the poem The Dome Of Sunday that begins with:

With focus sharp as Flemish-painted face
In film of varnish brightly fixed ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdbaEfff aceghb eXbciXXcXegdee hcccXE jkXeifjkXjba
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,6,14,6,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0101110101 01010101 1101011101 111111011 1101 10010001101 110111 1101110101 11010101 0101010001 1011010011 1101010101 11010110101 01010 0101000111 1011110001 1110010101 10111101101 1000111 0110110 1101110101 010101 1111110101 11011101 1001010101 00110001 11010111 0101010101 100100 11010101 1110010111 1101011111 1101110101 0100110101 1111011100 110111 1101010100 0101110101 100101010101 11110011 1111110001 010100100111010 1110110 1101010101 1011010101 1111010010 1001011101 010100010
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 369
  • Average number of words per stanza: 64
  • Amount of lines: 52
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; same, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word nor is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines same, one are repeated).

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