This is an analysis of the poem A Hymn For Morning that begins with:

See the star that leads the day
Rising shoots a golden ray, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddaaeeaaffcceebbffggddhhXcaaccbbiiaajj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 44,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011101 1010101 01010101 010011101 11110001 01010101 0010111 0010101 1010111 1010101 1011111 1011001 1111101 01000101 110101001 10110101 01010111 01010111 11010101 01010001 11010111 01010101 1011101 1010111 00101001 01010101 01010001 111000001 11010101 11111101 11000110 11110101 10111101 01010001 11010101 110001001 1001110011 01010101 11000101 10010110 1011111 1111111 1011101 1110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1461
  • Average number of words per stanza: 269
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of A Hymn For Morning;
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