This is an analysis of the poem Sunrise Along Shore that begins with:

Athwart the harbor lingers yet
The ashen gleam of breaking day,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababbccb bdbdecce afafgbbg fbfbhiih
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010101 01010101 110100111 010011101 11011101 010100101 11011101 01110111 01010111 11010101 110110001 010010111 01110101 11000101 11010111 11011101 11110101 01011111 01010101 11010101 010010101 01000101 11010111 01010101 11010101 01010111 01010101 011101001 10011101 01010001 01111111 10010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 280
  • Average number of words per stanza: 51
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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