This is an analysis of the poem Cock-Crowing that begins with:

Father of lights! what sunny seed,
What glance of day hast Thou confined... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaabb cbcbdd efefgg bhbhii igigff jbjbii kikijjXiiiiii
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 10011101 11011101 00010101 01011101 11010111 11010111 11110101 11010101 11111001 01100101 011101001 110110101 01010101 110101010 11110101 011101010 00111101 11010101 11010111 11111101 11010001 11011101 10110101 11001101 01011001 110110001 11111101 01010111 010101010 010111010 01111101 11111111 110011111 01110101 11011101 10110101 10011111 11010101 01110101 11111101 01111101 11011101 11011101 11101111 11100011 111111001 11011101 10110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 209
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • 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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; their, in, and are repeated.

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

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