This is an analysis of the poem The Morning In The Country that begins with:

When from the opening chambers of the east
The morning springs, in thousand liveries drest, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaabbccXdeeddffee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 10010010001 010010101001 0101110101 1011010101 011010111 11011001101 11010101001 10110010101 010111001100 1101110101 0101010101 1011110111 0101110101 1101101101 11001010101 1101011101 10110111 111101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 832
  • Average number of words per stanza: 136
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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