This is an analysis of the poem The Bright Blessed Day With Joy We See that begins with:

The bright blessed day with joy we see
Rise out of the sea at dawning;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXbcb dbdbeb fgfgXg hbhbXb ijijfj ibkXaB gkgkik aiaiai lblbab egeglg XbgXiB gbgbXbXgdgdcd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,13,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01110111 11001110 010011000 11101010 110011111 11011010 111011110 01101110 1100101110 01101010 111010101 11001010 011010101 11101010 010110101 01010110 111111101 01111010 1110010111 01111110 011011111 01111010 010011111 11011110 011011111 01001010 010010111 01011010 110011111 01111010 010110101 01111010 011011111 11001010 110111101 11001110 111111100 11011110 111111111 11101111 111110101 11000011 111110101 11101110 1110010101 11101010 010010111 0100111 110110101 11101110 111100101 11111010 010011111 11011010 111111101 11010010 011010111 11001110 110010101 11101010 111010100 0101110 0101011111 11011110 110010111 11001110 110011101 11001010 111110101 11111010 1100110101 11011010 110101101 11111010 110110111 11111010 111011101 01011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 222
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 78
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in, for, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, for, a, where are repeated.

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

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