This is an analysis of The Dawn Dance by Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis.

What do you think I saw to-day when I arose at dawn?
Blue Wrens and Yellow-tails dancing on the lawn!…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aAbb aaccXaaaA
  • Stanza lengths: 4,9,
  • Metre: 11111101110111 11110110101 101110110001 11111101010101 1101011110011 11010101110100 11110110111101 01010101110101 101010110111 11010110111 101010110001 11110110101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 12

Repeated words/phrases

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