This is an analysis of the poem Sunrise that begins with:

In my sleep I was fain of their fellowship, fain
Of the live-oak, the marsh, and the main.... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccbbbccXde eeff fggXdhh ddaggaaaaffgg hhhhffiijjffkkk ggee flggggddlfhhiXddeeiifl hhhhlf eeccmmiimmee kkeeccnnoohhccffhhppnniiXa Xefffff fffgghhaaee oooXcaaanna iiiiXkiihhhhhaa nniiiiaaaaaaaaXhfhFdFfffaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,4,7,13,15,4,22,6,12,26,7,11,11,15,26,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 011111011011 001101101 01011111101011 11001001001101 1010010001110010 110111010 100101 11100100101 00100101001001 100111110100 010110100 1101001011101 100100 010111 1110111101011101 111101101011101 01100100 1010010011110111 1111011101 111001101011 01111111111 11101011010001 101111 1100101 011101001101001 1101110101111 101101011001101 011001001011 1 1111111111 011010001001001 1011001001001 101001111001001 1001 11111 01101011011111 1 11011111111 1101001001 11001001101 11001111011 10100111 11110111011 1011101111 111001011 10110111101 10111101111 001011001001 110101011 01001011011 1111 111011001100001 1101001 11001001 11001001101 11100111 11111001 1001110101 11010100 010101 1111011101 0101011101 1101010101 01010000101 0111110101 111100 10110010101 1111010101 0101111101 1101000101 11110100 1011110111 01001110111 10010011111 1101110101 0101111111 1111111011 11011101 1101011100 01011010101 1001010101 11010110001 0100010101 11011100 0111110111 11001101 11001101 0011110010110001 0010100110101001 11111111001001 011010101001 11011001101101 101001101001 101001011001 101011001 00100100101 10110101 110011111001 001001 01100101 10100110100111 001110011000010 10101010110010 1101100111111 101111101101 11101111010010 111010010 01001001 001101001011 101001110110 110 01101111111011 0011100101 11101 01100111 10100101001 1110111001 11001001 1100100101 0100101101 011110111101 10100110101100 10111011 1010011110010100 00100100101001 01001101101001 010011001101 011101101 0100100111 11100111001 1101110101 1111010101 1001110101 10110100101 0111011001 11101100111 101000010111 0100011101 0101100101 0101010101 1001111001 110110011011010 0101101100010010 110101010010010 0111111100100 010010010010 111001010011 01011 0100101001 01101101111 101101001011011 10110111001011 110010010101 1001001010101 1010011101011 101001001001001 100101110010 010111001101 10011101001 0010011101001 11010111111 001111101111 11111001001 10100101011 011111111 00101100100111 001001 1100110100101 101001001001011 0010111001101 100110100101 0111001100101 110010101111 10100110101011 111011111001001 110011011001001 01011001001001 11111111101001 11100101101 1111100111101 111001 1100111001 010111 100110100100 11 10010011101 11 110111011010011 110111110111111 1011001110011 111111 01101
  • Amount of stanzas: 17
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 517
  • Average number of words per stanza: 95
  • Amount of lines: 193
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; of, i, have, in, that, me, thou, over, with, and, 'tis, bee, revealing, from, ever, my, thee are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words came, i, ye, oh, to, over, in, and, the, of are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines man, ban, me, bee, thee are repeated).

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