This is an analysis of the poem Come, Rise Up that begins with:

No one runs from the Sun thinking it can be done.
No one runs from the Sun thinking it can be done....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AAAA bCDD bcEd bCDD cX AAAAXbCDDEdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,2,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111001100101 111001100101 111001100101 111001100101 1 111 1101011 100100111 1 111 0101010111 010001010 1 111 1101011 100100111 011110111 1101011010 111001100101 111001100101 111001100101 111001100101 1 111 1101011 100100111 0101010111 0100 01110
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 132
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 29
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

    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; no, one, runs, from, sun, thinking, it, can, be, done, up, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word no is repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines done is repeated).

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  • summary of Come, Rise Up;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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