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

I am not dead. Through slit and crack
The piercing ray only glanced me,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xabb caXb XXcX XXcb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111111 01011011 100101010 10111101 110100110 011111101 101001101 10011111 10101010 110101 0101001010 10001001 111111011 10101110 10110111 0111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 137
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • 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.

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  • summary of Morning Hymn;
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