This is an analysis of the poem When The Light Is As Darkness that begins with:

The morning-tide is fair and bright,
With golden sun up-springing;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababab cbcbcb dbdbdb eXebeb fafafa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010111 0101110 010100111 10111110 11011101 01001010 01010111 10001110 101001101001 11101110 1100100111 1101110 11010111 0111110 110001111 0111110 11010101 0101110 01011101 111101 01010101 0101010 010010001 0101110 010111101 1111010 110010111 11110010 1010110111 0101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 218
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; and is repeated.

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

    The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of When The Light Is As Darkness;
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  • history of its creation;
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