Analysis of Day
William Blake 1757 (Soho) – 1827 (London)
The Sun arises in the East,
Cloth'd in robes of blood and gold;
Swords and spears and wrath increast
All around his bosom roll'd
Crown'd with warlike fires and raging desires.
| Scheme | ABABC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) Cinquain (20%) |
| Metre | 01010001 1011101 101011 1011101 11110010010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 179 |
| Words | 33 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 139 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 31 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 19, 2023
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