This is an analysis of the poem The Shadow Of Dawn that begins with:
The shadow of Dawn;
Stillness and stars and over-mastering dreams... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXbX acXXb XaXcX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: rondeau
- Metre: 01101 10111101001 011111 110101010101 0010101 1111 1101111111 000100 010010101000 0110101 1001 01010000100 0010001 111111110100 111111
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 164
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 15
- 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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, beyond are repeated.
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