This is an analysis of the poem The Dew And The Lifting Of Mist that begins with:

I awaken these days to be more observant.
Have I been slower to recognize the Sunrise? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXab Xaccdc Xbda
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,6,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 101011001010 110100101011 101101001 111001110101 10101110 11101100 101 1100101011101 011000100111011 11110100 110100010111 11111010 001011101 001001011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 176
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; i, to are repeated.

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

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  • summary of The Dew And The Lifting Of Mist;
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  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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