This is an analysis of the poem Sundown that begins with:
Lilac and green of the sky,
Brown of the broken earth,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab bcbc cdcd cede efef
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111001 100101 1011001 110101 1001011 1001111 1010001 1011011 1011011 110101 101001 1001111 100101 100111 1001001 1001101 111111 0001001 1001111 100101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 112
- Average number of words per stanza: 21
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of Sundown;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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