This is an analysis of the poem Dawn that begins with:
Far in the Eastern passage-way a sudden light;
The stone that blocked the sepulchre is backward rolled; ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 100101010101 01110100101 110001100101 010101010111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 210
- Average number of words per stanza: 38
- Amount of lines: 4
- Average number of symbols per line: 52 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 10
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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