This is an analysis of the poem Being To Dawns And Clouds Blind that begins with:

Being to dawns and clouds blind,
We have not marked our neighbors dear,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXab cbbb bdbd ccbc cbbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 1001111 11111101 11110111 11010110 11111111 11100110 110101101 010100110 11011100 010101110 11101101 110111010 11010111 011101010 11001100 01001110 11110101 010111010 0101011 001101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 141
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • 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; her, to are repeated.

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

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