This is an analysis of the poem At Sunrise that begins with:

NOW the stars have faded
In the purple chill,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXaXbXbcdXdaeXeXece
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101110 00101 101010 10101 111010 10101 101010 10101 111010 10101 101010 10101 101010 11101 101110 10111 110010 11111 101010 11101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 460
  • Average number of words per stanza: 89
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of At Sunrise;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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