This is an analysis of the poem Choose To Bask In Sun that begins with:

Got up this morning!
Feeling blessed, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCDE FDDDC g ahddieXfbf hXbbbb cib aebig geeg hXgc bhddb hebecjjfXcg ABCDEXFDDaDCc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,1,10,6,3,5,4,4,5,11,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010 101 101011011 111 000 10101 1100111 111101010 10111110100 0111 11 100101 0111 100111 10101001010 1101101 101010 010011 1010010001 1101 10101110 1111 11111101110 111111 1101000 10100111 01110000101 1 10111 011111101 1110 1101010111011 111 1111 1001111011 0101011101 1101 00110100101 0101111 11111100 0010010011 01011011 110110101 1111001101 1011010100 110101 11 11010000101 110011 110101 11001101 111 1111001 101010101111 10110010011 1110 0100101101011 101001 11100101 11010 101 101011011 111 000 10101 1100111 111101010 010 10111110100 0111 1110110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 152
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 71
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, else, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase that connects the lines.

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  • summary of Choose To Bask In Sun;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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