This is an analysis of A Walk At Sunset by William Cullen Bryant.

When insect wings are glistening in the beam
Of the low sun, and mountain-tops are bright,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcc dedecc fgfghh hihiff cgcghh fafagg jkjkbb gigidd ahahllXbhbhii
  • Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,13,
  • Metre: 11111100001 0011110111 1111010101 1001011101 1101110101 1111010010101 11110010101 1101010100 1101100101 100010101111 1011110111 101101110011 11001110111 1001111001 1101011101 1001100101001 1101111101 010101110101 1111010101 1111110101 111100100111 1011010101 1111111111 110101100101 1001000101 01010011101 01000011101 10010101001 1111110111 1011010100001 1101010101 1101010111 0101001101 1111010101 1111011101 110101111101 1101011111 1101110011 1111111101 1011010111 01001010111 1101111101101 1111111101 1101110101 1000110101 11000101011 1111010101 101101111101 1101110011 0110010111 0101110101 110110001001 1011111111 110101010011 1111110111 1111010101 0100110111 110110010101 1101111101 101101111101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 10
  • Lines: 60

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

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