This is an analysis of the poem At The Dawning In The Morning that begins with:

I can not stop.
I can not block my love for you....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCB CDA EDC EDC ACEDCC EDCAC CDACC ABCB EDdbXEDAEDAEDAAA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,3,3,3,6,5,5,4,16,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111 11111111 1011 1011111 1110101101111 1110101 10111 110100010 1111011 11111101010101 110100010 1111011 11111101010101 1111 1011 110100010 1111011 1011 11010101 110100010 1111011 11111101010101 1111 1011 1110101101111 1110101 10111 1011 11010101 1111 11111111 1011 1011111 110100010 1111011 1011 01011 110100010 1111011 011101101111 110100010 1111011 011101101111 110100010 1111011 011101101111 011101101111 011101101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 154
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my, i, and, in, thoughts, have, of, you, head, nonstop are repeated.

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

    The author used the same words i, and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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

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