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

IN the chill grey summer dawn-light
We pass through the empty streets;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aBABCCDCEBCXafFXXfgfDdfdgfXfDdbdafFXXhbhaBABCCDCEBCX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 52,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 00111011 1110101 010011110 110101 1111010 0100111 010111011 0100001 0001010 010111 111001010 0101100 11100110 1101001 01001010 101000010 001001011 0101011 11010101 1110100 1010110010 010101 1110110 1101111 11110110 111101 10101010110 1010100 1010110010 01101 1101011110 1101111 11100110 0101001 01001010 101000010 101010111 1011011 1010100111 11100111 00111011 1110101 010011110 110101 1111010 0100111 010111011 0100001 0001010 010111 111001010 0101100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1643
  • Average number of words per stanza: 314
  • Amount of lines: 52
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • 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 a, and are repeated.

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