This is an analysis of Morning by Edith Nesbit.

DAWN in the east, and chill dew falling--
Tears of the new-born day;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababXcXc Xbabaabab
  • Stanza lengths: 8,9,
  • Metre: 100111110 100111 110111010 101111 011111010 110101 101111010 111101 101101011 111111 111110111 101101 101111010 110101 111111010 111111
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 17

Repeated words/phrases

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