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

Gleam on gleam in the veilèd dawn
The feet of the Gods are but half withdrawn;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb ccaa aadd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110011 0100111101 010101101 10100100100 10110111 10110101 110100101 011000101 11110101 011110111 10111001101 0110101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 158
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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