This is an analysis of the poem Dawn Song that begins with:
WHILE the earth is dark and grey
How I laugh within. I know ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaX cdcd efef cfcf gcgc fgfgXbebe
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010111 1110111 0111101 0010101 1010111 0111111 1110111 1010101 1111101 0110111 1011111 1010101 1110101 0011101 1110101 0011111 1110111 1010111 01101111 1110101 1011111 1010111 0010001 1110101 0110111 10101001 1111101 1010101
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 127
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- 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; i, to are repeated.
The author used the same word what at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Dawn Song;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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