This is an analysis of Day by James Brunton Stephens.
Linger, oh Sun, for a little, nor close yet this day of a million!
Is there not glory enough in the rose-curtained halls of the West?…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab bcbc aXaXXccccc
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,10,
- Metre: 10111010111010010 11110010011001001 11110010110110010 1111011011101011 11011110011110010 1011011011001001 11011111010010010 1111011011101011 111101100010110010 11110111001100010010 11110010110011010 1111001111101001 100101100101111101 1101011001001001 111110101111101 101 1011101001001001
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 17
Repeated words/phrases
of, it, night, and, there, to, thee
Anaphora
why, rest, lo
Epiphora
thee