This is an analysis of the poem Daybreak In The Desert that begins with:

No cheerful note of bird in leafy bower,
No glistening water dancing in the light,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11010101010 11001010001 110100111010 1101011101 1001010001 1111010101 1001101101 1001110101 1011110101 00101110001 0011110101 1101000101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 172
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (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; no, only are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words no, only are repeated.

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