This is an analysis of the poem In The Mornin' that begins with:

In the mornin'
When my feet hit the floor, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XABCB XABCB ddc eeXe XXBCB Xfcf XABCB XABCBCBCBCBCBCB XABCB dXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,3,4,5,4,5,15,5,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0010 111101 1011 11 11 0010 111111 111 11 11 1111111010 11101010 10101001 1111111110 10101010 111111 11110 0010 101011 111 11 11 0010 11111 0010111001 111 0010 111101 1011 11 11 0010 111111 111 11 11 111 11 11 11 111 11 11 11 111 11 0010 111111 111 11 11 11000 111 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 94
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 54
  • Average number of symbols per line: 17 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i is repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of In The Mornin';
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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