This is an analysis of the poem Dawn At Puri that begins with:

Endless crow noises
A skull in the holy sands...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aab XaX acX aba Xbb Xca
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10110 0100101 1010100110 111010 1010011 1100100110 1011 1111001 1010110101 0110110 1010110011010 010110011 110011011 0001010010101010 1111010 011001001 10010011 10101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 102
  • Average number of words per stanza: 18
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Dawn At Puri;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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