This is an analysis of the poem Thefts Of The Morning that begins with:

Bund us the Morning, mother of the stars
And of the winds that usher in the day!... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababXC dedecC fafacC fbfbcC ffffcC aaaacC ghghcC
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101010001 1001110001 1011010101 0101010111 1011000101 1101010111 0011111111 110010001001 1101010111 1111010101 1111010101 1101010111 1111111101 11010110011 1111010101 1100011101 1111111101 1101010111 0111010101 1101010001 1101010101 1111110101 0111110111 1101010111 1110011101 01010100101 0101110111 11110101001 1101010111 1101010111 11010101001 1101010001 1111010111 1101011111 1111110111 1101010111 1101010111 0101000101 0101110101 1101011101 1111010101 1101010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 271
  • Average number of words per stanza: 50
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • 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 or, their are repeated.

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

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