This is an analysis of the poem Hymn To The Sun that begins with:
Light of the World, and Ruler of the Year,
With happy Speed begin Thy great Career;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbbbbb XXcddeedfdf XaagXXXXgg Xhhehehebb gggcceiei gaXXhejejbbbdd Xiihhhidd XhhbkbkhhjaXXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,11,10,10,9,14,9,14,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 1001110001 0101011101 11111100101 110010101 101100111 01010101 1101011101 1111011101011 1 11111010 10010101 1010101 1011101 1010111 0101010101 0010101 111101111 1101010101 111101 1 1110001 10111101 11110111 11010100 11011010110 011101011101 1101010110 01010001 1101010111 1 0100111101 10101010 110101110 100110101 110101010 01010101 11101010 10010101 11011101 1 10010101 11010101 01010101 11011101 1010101 01011101 11000101 1111010101 1 01111101 10101010 0110010111 11101010 11010111 110100010 11110101 10101110010 1110101 1010101 01011001 10010101 1101010101 1 10101001 1010001 10101010 1110101 10101010 1111101 1101011111 1001010011 1 11110111001 1010101 11110101 11010101 11010111 1101011101 01010101 11010101 11101101 11110101 11010110 1111111101 1111111111
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 357
- Average number of words per stanza: 63
- Amount of lines: 85
- 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; thee, like, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words so, nor, 'till are repeated.
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- summary of Hymn To The Sun;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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