This is an analysis of the poem Morning Twilight that begins with:

Reveille was sounding on barrack-squares,
and the wind of dawn blew on lighted stairs....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaXbbccddbbaXefggXXccefcXbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 28,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 101101101 1010111101 0101010101010 111010101101 10101101100 011010011010 10111101011 1101001111 1010110111 01100100111 1101001010010 0101110110 01001001101 1101010100 111001111 1010110101 0101011001010 01010011110 11011110101 0111011101 01011010101 0010010101 01011100101 1001011101011 10010010111 1011001001010 1110111100 1101111100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1306
  • Average number of words per stanza: 230
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • 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 the, a are repeated.

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  • summary of Morning Twilight;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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