This is an analysis of the poem Wandering At Morn that begins with:

WANDERING at morn,
Emerging from the night, from gloomy thoughts--thee in my thoughts,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXabccXbX ccdXXXXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 10011 01000101011011 1011010010110101 110101011100111 01010010101011 1000101011001011 11001 0101110111010 1101011111 11011 011101101100010 1 0101011111101 1111011101110 111110010111 011101110101 100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 447
  • Average number of words per stanza: 70
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 52 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; thee, may, so are repeated.

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