This is an analysis of Two Views Of It by Christopher Pearse Cranch.

BEFORE the daybreak, in the murky night
My chanticleer, half dreaming, sees the light…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccdd
  • Stanza lengths: 8,
  • Metre: 0101100101 1100110101 1011010101 1100111111 10011111111 0111010101 0101011111 0111110101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 8

Repeated words/phrases

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