This is an analysis of the poem The Dew that begins with:

I walk at morn where fairies brew,
On moonlit nights the clear, bright dew;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccccXX ccddeeXXaa ffgghhiiaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111101 11110111 110010101 01010101 100010101 110010101 11010101 11010101 10110101 11010101 01010001 011111001 11010101 01011101 11010101 11010101 11111101 01010101 111101111 10010101 111101110 110101010 10010101 11011101 01000101 010010101 01010001 11010101 11111011 11000101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 361
  • Average number of words per stanza: 65
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; and is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, the are repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word dew at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of The Dew;
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