This is an analysis of the poem Give Me The Splendid, Silent Sun that begins with:
GIVE me the splendid silent sun, with all his beams full-dazzling;
Give me juicy autumnal fruit, ripe and red from the orchard;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcdaefcgbhhfijXjXeiekldhccj XcbcXbXcbkmgXcelkXXlbmXgcalaXgbbcX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 28,34,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101010101011100 111001011110010 11011010011 111101101001 11111111011010010 10 1111001011110100 101011101101 11100111010010010111 1101 1111001110011110 10 11001111010100100 10100101 110100100101011111 111101 11101111011011101 10100 101001010010010 111011 10010100101001011 1101001011010110 1011110111101011 111110001010100111 110011100101111010 10 11111100101001011 111111011011 11101011 111110101010101 111010110011111 10 10100111101111 111011111100101 1001010 1101000111101111110 1010 11111100111111101100 1 111111010010 111100101011010 01011 01001001100110011 110 11110100111110 1110100101 110110101010001 1 111111011110100110 01001001110111 00100100100101101 1010 01011101011101010 100 10101001101010 01010110010010 111 010110100101101010 010010 01010110010010010 1011001001 0101011010111
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1712
- Average number of words per stanza: 260
- Amount of lines: 63
- Average number of symbols per line: 53 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; give, me, to, i, and, your, keep, for, o are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words give, keep, the are repeated.
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- summary of Give Me The Splendid, Silent Sun;
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