Analysis of The Sunray Still Shines



In the mood of anguish, in the sulk of pines,
in the state of languish the sunray still shines.

In the mood of fuddle, in the doubt of signs,
in the state of muddle the sunray still shines.

In the mood of claptrap, in the flush of steins,
in the state of mishap the sunray still shines..

In the mood of wrangle, in the knot of twines,
in the state of tangle the sunray still shines.

In the mood of uncouth, in the cross of lines,
in the state of untruth the sunray still shines.

In the mood of heartbreak, in the qualm of whines,
in the state of headache the sunray still shines.


Scheme AA AA AA AA AA AA
Poetic Form Couplet 
Metre 00111000111 0011100111 0011100111 0011100111 0011100111 001110111 00111000111 0011100111 00111100111 0011010111 0011100111 001110111
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 568
Words 114
Sentences 7
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 37
Words per line (avg) 10
Letters per stanza (avg) 75
Words per stanza (avg) 19
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Wallace Dean LaBenne

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