This is an analysis of the poem Be Prepared And Dressed For Dawn that begins with:

It is best to rise and early.
Be prepared and dressed for dawn....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XAaXa bcddee facdcc AgfaFC AFCaXc ABAa AABAAXc ABAAcXgcfcdc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,6,6,6,6,4,7,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 00101110 0011111 10100101 00101 111 11101010 001011 11101 1010001010 100001001 00101000101 10110101 10 0111 111001001 010 0101 0011111 11 00101 10110111 011 1111 0011111 011 1111 01110101 01 1111 0011111 0111110 0011111 011011 11 0011111 0111110 11 0011111 000111 1010101 0011111 0111110 11 0011111 011101 001 10010010 1100 1001001 1111010 00101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 147
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 51
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, it, to are repeated.

    The author used the same word be at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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