This is an analysis of the poem One Morning, Oh! So Early that begins with:

One morning, oh! so early, my beloved, my beloved,
All the birds were singing blithely, as if never they would cease;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXXX aXXXX abccX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 110111010101010 101010101010111 1011011010101010 10111110 10111110 11100111010101010 011000110011101 1010011011101010 10111110 11101110 10011101010101010 1111011101010101 1111111110101010 11111110 11111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 263
  • Average number of words per stanza: 51
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 52 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my, dove, us are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, when, give are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ' is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of One Morning, Oh! So Early;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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