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

Early one morning in May I set out,
And nobody I knew was about....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaBb XX cc dd ee ffXaaBb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,2,2,2,2,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1011001111 111111101 0101110 011101110 11110100100 1111101111 111111001 1111111111 1101101101 11101101101 01100111011 111010101 1110101100 01111111100 01001011111 01011101101 0101110 0110001110
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 99
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; away, i, my are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, the are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ever is repeated).

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  • summary of Early One Morning;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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