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

Soon as the twilight through the distant mist
In silver hemmings skirts the purple east,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbaaccXdXeffeeggffaaccaacchheeiiXeaaff jjff ggkkeXffeeeeeeaaeeggiieehhcclXffeemmjjaanneeff bbeeccggbbffcceXooeecc eejjaallppggeeiiiiccaabbbbccaaaaffXeaaeehhjjdgdg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 40,4,46,22,48,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1101110101 0101010101 1101010101 1101010101 1101100101 11011100101 0111110101 0111011101 0101111101 1101010101 11010101010 0101010101 1101001101 0101110101 1011110101 0111010011 1111010101 0101010101 0101010101 1001110001 0111000101 0101010101 1101110101 1001010101 01010100101 1101100101 01001110101 1101010111 1101010001 1111110101 1101111111 0111000101 1101011101 0101000101 1111000101 1111000101 010010001001 1111010101 110111101 1111110001 1111110001 010011101001 01010100101 110011100101 1101011001 0101010101 1011010001 0101001101 1101010101 1111011110 00101100101 1111011101 11010010101 01111101001 100100111010 01010101010 0101101101 1101001101 11111100101 0101000101 1101010001 1101010101 11010101001 1101110101 1101110101 0101110101 1011010111 01001000101 1101011101 01001000101 1101011101 1100110101 0100010101 1101010011 11001010001 1001010101 1101110101 0111010101 1001010101 1101011101 11011100101 1101110101 010010011101 1111010101 1101010101 1101111101 110100101 0111110101 1111110101 01001000101 1101000101 0101011101 1111110101 1111110001 1111001101 1111010101 1011010101 0101001101 1001110101 1011011101 1101111101 1101110101 01101010101 1101010101 1101100101 1101110111 11110101001 00110010001 10010111010 01010001010 0111000101 01001110101 1101011101 1011001101 0101010101 1101110101 11111110101 1111010101 1101011110 1111010101 1111010101 0111010101 0101011101 1111000101 01111101001 1101010101 0101010101 11110000101 0101010101 0101110101 11011010001 1001000101 1101011111 1101011101 11011010001 1011000101 1111010101 110011101001 01110000101 10101000101 1101010101 11001011101 1101010111 1101110101 11011101001 1001110111 1101111111 1011010101 01010101010 1001011001 1111011111 11011001001 1101011101 1001011011 1101101101 1011011101 1011010101 0101011101 1001010101 1011010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1433
  • Average number of words per stanza: 250
  • Amount of lines: 160
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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; to, his, and, of, as are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Rural Morning;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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