This is an analysis of the poem You Make The Sunshine Of My Heart that begins with:

You make the sunshine of my heart
And its tempestuous shower; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbdcaad efgfXgXeX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11011011 10110010 01010101 0111010 11011101 11010001 110001001 11110101 110101 11111111 010101 11010100 010101 11011101 110101 10111101 11111111 001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 289
  • Average number of words per stanza: 54
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • 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:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of You Make The Sunshine Of My Heart;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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