This is an analysis of the poem To Have It Dawn On Someone that begins with:

Malicious rumors to spread,
And intended to solicit whispered gossip......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXbXXc bXbcbaX dbcdX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0101001 101000101010 110110010 011101010 11101001000 001010100 111101011101 10010011 011100101 0010011 1111001 010111111010 1011011010 11010100010 110 101000010100001001 1011101010010 1110010011110 11011011010000
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 253
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

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

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  • summary of To Have It Dawn On Someone;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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