This is an analysis of The Dawn Of Darkness by George William Russell.

COME earth’s little children pit-pat from their burrows on the hill;
Hangs within the gloom its weary head the shining daffodil.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeeXcffggddcchh
  • Stanza lengths: 22,
  • Metre: 111010110110101 101010101010101 001010111010101 10111010010100101 110011100010101 101000111000101 111011101010001 1010010101000101 101010001010001 111011111110101 10101110111010 1010101001000101 100010111110101 111010101110011 111011111010101 1000100101000101 001001101010111 111011100010001 101011111010111 101010101010101 101110101111101 101000111010101
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 22

Repeated words/phrases

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