This is an analysis of the poem The Land Of The Dawning that begins with:

Darkrose her shore in seas of amethyst
By tropic breezes kissed,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aababcdcdeefefXgeg hhahahihi bbcbcadad hhhhhjdjd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,9,9,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 1001010100 110101 01010100101 0101000111 110101 010100101101 01001000101 1011010101 0101 1111010111 110101 100010110001 1111110101 110101 1011010101 1011100111 0101010111 0101 1111010101 010101 11001010101 1111111101 1100111 01001000101 1101010101 10010010101 0101 1011111101 110101 1101011101 0101010101 010111 10010111001 010010101001 1111010101 1111 0111000101 001101 01001011111 0111110101 101101 1001011111 11001011101 01001111111 0101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 424
  • Average number of words per stanza: 77
  • Amount of lines: 45
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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, her, and, no are repeated.

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

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  • summary of The Land Of The Dawning;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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