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

What I saw was just one eye
In the dawn as I was going : ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab XX abaXXaa aaaa cddcddc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,2,7,4,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1111111 00111110 01110101 01101010 1001111 11000100 1110101 10101010 111001111 1110010100 1111101 11111100101 1111011101 1111110101 10100101 1101010101 1111010111 0111010101 101110 0101010111 111111 110111 0101110001 0101010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 163
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; what is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word what is repeated.

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  • summary of The Bird At Dawn;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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