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?…

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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