This is an analysis of Dawn by Isaac Rosenberg.

O tender first cold flush of rose,
O budded dawn, wake dreamily ;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aXXXbaba cdcdXeXe
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,
  • Metre: 11011101 11011100 11111110 10111100 11011111 01111111 10110111 011101 11111101 11011111 01010101 01011101 11111011 11111111 01010110 011101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 16

Repeated words/phrases

your, and

Anaphora

o, and