This is an analysis of the poem I Rose Up At The Dawn Of Day that begins with:

I rose up at the dawn of day--
`Get thee away! get thee away!... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaX bbcc ddaX aabb aaee aaff bbgg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110101 11011101 111100101 00010101 11010101 110000101 11010111 00101101111 111011101 11011101 101111111 11110100 110110111 111010101 00100111111 1111101001 111011111 11111001111 1111101111 001101011101 101101111 111100111 1101011010 01101011010 110111101101 1111011111 1111101111 11110101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 153
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length 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; away, i, mental, and, you, as are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i've, and are repeated.

    The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines away is repeated).

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