This is an analysis of the poem When It Dawns that begins with:
When it dawns,
Some get more excited by the light....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABcbdDEae abcb FAFAFGDH ABDDE FAI ABDDE FAIXFAFAFGDH
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,4,8,5,3,5,12,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101 111010101 1010001001 00111 1111010 00101011 101 10010101 101001 1101 10111001 1011101010 010001001 01101011 1011010 0101011 111001 01101011 1101111 1101010 0010100 101 111010101 01111111010 00101011 101 01101011 101 101110101001 101 111010101 01111111010 00101011 101 01101011 101 101110101001 01101011 1011010 0101011 111001 01101011 1101111 1101010 0010100
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 161
- Average number of words per stanza: 31
- Amount of lines: 45
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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; had, to, it are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words everything, a are repeated.
The author used the same word a at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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