This is an analysis of the poem A Lyric Of The Dawn that begins with:

Alone I list
In the leafy tryst; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccdaadeXecffeef ggXhihjjeiiiieiXdkkdfllfllllleelddkkmllmffaaddnn eeknXXieeiooeeoopp ddndnnnaaeeeeff qqaiaigglldcaaoofef pXXfffllddccllXXel Xppeeddddiieeqqlle
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 19,48,18,15,19,18,18,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0111 00101 1001101101 1001010101 1110010101 10010010101 1001001 010001 1001010111 101101 1001000101 110101 10010010101 110101 1001000101 1111010101 111011101110 00010101010 010101 1 11000101 1001010110 10010101010 1101010001 1101010 11 0001 0011101 1101000111 101111 1101 1011010101 11111010101 1011 11110 11101101 110100111 1111010101 1011011101 100101 1111110111 1110110001 0101110101 1111110001 011111 01011 1101011111 0101010101 10011 1001010101 11010100010101 1001001111 0101110011 1111001 110111 1110100101 1100111 11010101 010101 1111110001 0111010001 1111011111 0111110001 1011010101 11000101001 110111 1101110111 1101 00101 11010101001 110001 101110 0111000110 110101 1111010101 0111010101 011101011 011010110101 0111110101 111101 0111011101 1001111111 1111010011 1001111011 1110111100 111101 11011 0101000101 1101010011 1101010101 110101 0101010111 110101 0101010001 110001 110001 0101010001 1101110101 0111010101 10011101011001 111 101001 010101 100111 0001010111 011110111 10110101 000111 10110101 1101000101 1111 10101 1111011001 1111101101 1101 0101110101 1101010001 1001110111 0101 111101 110100 1101110110 1101101111 1101110001 11001011101 110111 11010101001 1101010101 1101010101 11001001 110101 1101000101 1101010101 110110111010 1011110110 111110111010 100101 110100101101 1001110001 0101110101 0101010001 0111 0101010011 11010101 1001110001 11111 110111 1101010101 1011111 1111011111 100001 1001010101 0101 1100010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 788
  • Average number of words per stanza: 148
  • Amount of lines: 159
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in, of, and, me, he, now, on, where, i are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words silent, thou, when, before, it, of, tell, show, wild, lead, down, i are repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of A Lyric Of The Dawn;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

More information about poems by Edwin Markham