Poem Analysis of Dawn by Arthur Symons for close reading

This is an analysis of the poem Dawn that begins with:

Here in the little room
You sleep the sleep of innocent tired youth,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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Rhyme scheme: aXXabb cddcee fggfcc
Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,
Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
Сlosest rhyme: couplets
Сlosest stanza type: tercets
Guessed form: unknown form
Metre: 100101 11010100101 110101 10101011001 1101110101 0100011111 111111 1101111111 111101 1101111101 1011010111 0111111101 111101 0100010011 111101 1101011001 1011011111 0111111111
Amount of stanzas: 3
Average number of symbols per stanza: 226
Average number of words per stanza: 44
Amount of lines: 18
Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in, and, so, your are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, your are repeated.

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Dawn by Arthur Symons: poem analysis

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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