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

The dawn of the day was dreary,
And the lowering clouds o'erhead... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXaabXb cbcbdded cfcfedXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01001110 101001100 1001010 1011111 101110010 1110101 101110011 11000101 111001010 0111001 10111010 10110101 11101010 1100001 110010011 1100100 11111010 0011101 00111110 1010110 110111010 110111 101101010 100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 254
  • Average number of words per stanza: 51
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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, as are repeated.

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

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  • summary of The Rainy Morning;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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