This is an analysis of the poem The Sun Goes Down, On Other Lands To Shine that begins with:
The sun goes down, on other lands to shine.
I long to keep him, but he will not stay.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbbaa cXddcc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 0111110101 1101111011 1001011111 0101101011 1011011101 0101111101 11010101111 0111011111 1111010101 0111010111 1001100111 1001011101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 250
- Average number of words per stanza: 51
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, that, and are repeated.
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