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

Over the white cliffs, over the downlands whirring,
Out of the dappled east with dawn aflame,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab bcbc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ottava rima
  • Metre: 100111001010 1001010101 011001101110 1001110101 111111111010 10011100101 1010111100110 1111011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 203
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • Average number of symbols per line: 50 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; all is repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase came connects the lines.

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