This is an analysis of the poem Daybreak In A Garden that begins with:

I heard the farm cocks crowing, loud, and faint, and thin,
When hooded night was going and one clear planet winked: ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbccaca
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110111011111 1101110111101 1111011010101 11010101101001 110101010101 0101011101010 1010101100101 110101001001010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 458
  • Average number of words per stanza: 82
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • Average number of symbols per line: 56 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • 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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