This is an analysis of Sun-Rhapsody by Harry Crosby.

The Sun! the Sun!
a fish in the aquarium of sky…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aXXbbX cccccX XXccXX dad
  • Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,3,
  • Metre: 0101 0100010001 1101010101 01 1101 11011101 00010011 0001000101 00010001 1101 1101 111000 101100 101100 010101001 0111010101 00010111110 0111000 0101 0101 1101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 21

Anaphora

it, and, a

Epiphora

clouds