This is an analysis of the poem At Sunset that begins with:
Into the sunset's turquoise marge
The moon dips, like a pearly barge... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabXC ddbbC bbeeC ffggC
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 00010101 01110101 01011101 01001000 1001101 00010111 01111101 01010111 11111001 1001101 01011101 011111001 01111101 01111101 1001101 11011111 01011101 01011101 00110011 1001101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 167
- Average number of words per stanza: 31
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, beyond are repeated.
The author used the same word into at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word away at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of At Sunset;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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