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

There's a hush and stillness calm and deep,
For the waves have wooed all the winds to sleep... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaaabb cXcXXdd bbbeeff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101110111 1011110101 0011010111 11101011001 001011101 010110001 1010100101 010100111 01010110110 1110101011 100100111 0010101100 0011100101 1011100101 0011111111 010100101 100110111 11111111 111101111 101100111 1100110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 286
  • Average number of words per stanza: 56
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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