This is an analysis of the poem At Sunset Time that begins with:

A DOWN the west a golden glow
Sinks burning in the sea,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdefefdgdghihijkjk
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 01010101 110001 11010101 110101 01110101 011101 11110101 111101 11010101 110101 11111111 111101 11011111 110100 110101001 010101 11011111 111111 11110101 110101 11010101 111101 11010101 1100111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 718
  • Average number of words per stanza: 141
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; no, more are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words no, we are repeated.

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  • summary of At Sunset Time;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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