This is an analysis of the poem Dawn Wind that begins with:

Wind, just arisen -
(Off what cool mattress of marsh-moss...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcccdce fadb XcgaX dXagfe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,4,5,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010 11110011 0101110101 110110010 10101 111101101 11111111110 101101101011011 111 1011011011010 11001 01001001 111001001110 1001 0111111 011111010010111 110100101001 10 111101011 1101001011 11111101101 11110101 0101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 201
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 23
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; of, and, my are repeated.

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  • summary of Dawn Wind;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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