This is an analysis of the poem Sunshine that begins with:
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Flat as a drum-head stretch the haggard snows;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a bcbcaX bdbddX bcbcbb X efefcc fgfgXh hihijj X kckchH hahahH X alalcc hahahh a hfhfbfbffX a hehe eaea X bcbchhhhdd X cmcmbabX X hahamamaaX n fdfdbabaaX a ccccbbaaggmmoopX X hhhhmcmcff X qjqjrprpieieXcacjj X cmcmcc Xeaeff fefefF ncncfF X bhbhbhbXfcfcgg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,6,6,6,1,6,6,6,1,6,6,1,6,6,1,10,1,4,4,1,10,1,8,1,10,1,10,1,16,1,10,1,18,1,6,6,6,6,1,14,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 1 1101110101 0101110101 0111010111 1011010101 10110111011 100111101110 1111110101 1111010011 1111010111 1101010101 11110110101 100101100100 1001011111 1101010111 111111011 1101111111 1110000111 1111011111 1 1000011011111 111100101 1101000111 1100011101 0100111101 0011010101 1011011111 1011011101 1001010111 0101011101 1011010100 1111110001 1111000111 10011011101 1011111011 1011010101 1111111111 000110001 1 01110101 01010011 010011101 01110111 01110101 01110111 01111101 01010101 11010101 11110111 111101101 01110111 1 1111110111 11111110001 1001100111 0101011111 1111100011 0101000111 11011010111 1001010101 1111110101 11111101011 11111010101 1001011101 1 1111110011 1001010001 11110110101 1111110101 1011110011 1111010101 1011010001 1011010101 10101010101 01111101010 1 11010101 101111 10010101 101101 11010101 10101001 110111111 111101 1 11111011001 11010000101 11001010111 101101000111 0111100101 1111011101 1011010101 1101111101 1001011101 1001011001 1 1111010001 1111010101 1101111101 1011001101 1011000111 1011011001 10011111101 100110101010 1 1111010111 1111111101 1111101111 1101111101 11010101011 1111111101 1000100101 1101010111 11010110101 111101010011 1 1111111101 0100011101 0101100111 1101101111 1111110101 1101111111 10010100111 0101011111 0101011101 0111010010 1 11011101 01010101 11011101 01010111 10110111 11011101 101111111 00010101 10110111 10010111 11111111 10111111 11010101 10010101 10110101 101111110 1 1110110101 1111100101 1011010011 1001010101 1011111111 1101010111 1001010101 1101100111 1101010001 1101110101 1 0111111111 1001010001 1011011101 1001010101 1011010111 01000011101 1001010101 1001011001 1001011001 10010110101 1011011100 1111010101 100001101001110 1111000101 1001010011 1111110101 10110011001 1001011101 1 1010111 1111101 10111001 1110111 1001101 1000111 0111101 1110101 1111101 1010101 1000111 1110101 1010101 1000101 1010111 1010101 1010111 1010101 1111001 1110011 1101101 1011101 1010111 1010101 1 0111011111 11110101001 10110101001 1001110101 1100110101 0001000101 1111010011 10010010100 1111001101 1111010101 1111110101 1111111111 1111111101 1011111111
- Amount of stanzas: 40
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 202
- Average number of words per stanza: 39
- Amount of lines: 213
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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; and, i, she, my, in, land, muskrat, it, of, to, no, till, how, frost, back, her, sun are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, i, in, and, so, first, now are repeated.
The author used the same words in, and, god at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same words land, again at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase stay connects the lines.
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- summary of Sunshine;
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- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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