This is an analysis of Summer Sun by Robert Louis Stevenson.

Great is the sun, and wide he goes
Through empty heaven with repose;…

Read full poem

Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaaa bbcc ddaa ddeeXccaa
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,9,
  • Metre: 10011111 11010001 10011101 111111001 11010111 01010101 11010111 01010101 01010101 11011101 11010101 000100111 11010101 11010101 110111001 01010101 01010101 10110101 01010101 010000111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 20

Repeated words/phrases

and