This is an analysis of the poem One Day A Dawning Will Come that begins with:

Is there a limit you will not go beyond,
In regards to offending others? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ab XaX XcX aa XaXcbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,3,3,2,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010101101 001001010 1011 11110101001 111111 110101010 11101101101 11100 111111001010 10100010 111011101 1101111 1001 11010101101001 1110101011011 110100111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 118
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

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  • summary of One Day A Dawning Will Come;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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