This is an analysis of the poem The Earth-Child In The Grass that begins with:

In the very early morning
Long before Dawn time... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aBcdefXdbXXbbaaBcefbgegX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 00101010 10111 1110010 1100011001 01110011 1011101110 10011011000110 101 101111110 10001001011010 101011 00111 111110110 111101110 1001010 10111 110010010 01010011 1011101010 11111101 011110101011 0111010010110 1111011 101100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 853
  • Average number of words per stanza: 160
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • 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.

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  • summary of The Earth-Child In The Grass;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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