This is an analysis of the poem Before The Dawn that begins with:
Blacker the night grows ere the dawn be risen,
Keener the cost, and fiercer yet the fight.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xaba Xcbc XaXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10011101010 1001110101 11010101010 0101010101 00010011010 1001011111 000101001010 1011010001 100101101010 1011110101 10010111110 1101110111
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 174
- Average number of words per stanza: 33
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of is repeated.
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- summary of Before The Dawn;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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