This is an analysis of the poem Morning, Noon And Night that begins with:

When morning shows her first faint flush,
I think of the tender blush... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcc ddeeff ggcchh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010111 1100101 11110011 11111101 10110101 11001011 10010101 0100101 11011001 01110111 11111111 01111111 11010101 1101111 11010111 11111101 111100101 11110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 215
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; your is repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of Morning, Noon And Night;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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