This is an analysis of Of The Going Down Of The Sun by John Bunyan.

What, hast thou run thy race, art going down?
Thou seemest angry, why dost on us frown?…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccaa a ddeebbff
  • Stanza lengths: 8,1,8,
  • Metre: 1111111101 1101011111 1111011111 11000010111 1111111111 1010010001 1111010101 0111100101 0100 1101110101 1001111101 11111011010 10010111110 1011110101 1011110101 1101011101 1010110110
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 17

Repeated words/phrases

thy

Anaphora

and