This is an analysis of the poem At Dawn that begins with:
O Hesper-Phosphor, far away
Shining, the first, the last white star, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abacaaadbedeff gGGaXhhiihffaagacjjkiik ekekXaXX ekeklelelblb eeeXXhlhlelecici XgGGhkegkghe
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,23,8,12,16,12,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 11011101 10010111 11010101 110110100 010100101 100100101 0010111001 11011111 010100111 10011111 11111111 10110101 111101000010 01010110010 1101011101 0101010101 10100111 1111111111 1101011100 111111 01010101 010011111 010100101 01010101 01010101 010011001 110010001 1101010101 110001 1001011101 1111010100 1100111111 11011011 01001111101 111101 110101101 0111110101 1101101010 1111001 1011100100010 101101 1111010011000 1110111 1011100110101100 0100 0010010000010010 011111 10100101010010 111011001 0111111101010 01010010 1000111001010 1001110 1000111001010 1010011 11100100101110 1100111 101010011110010 111101001 11110111110 101000 11101001011010 110111 0111001101110 011111 0101101111110 10110111 1010111101010 10100111 1101111101010 1101111 111101101010 1101 11010101 0101010101 10100111 1111111111 1111001 01001110 001111001 111001001 1011001 100001 11000011010
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 569
- Average number of words per stanza: 101
- Amount of lines: 89
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; old, and, she, her are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, she are repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases we, came connect the lines.
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- summary of At Dawn;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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