This is an analysis of Matins by John Hay.
The trembling pulses of the dawn
Fill with faint glow the violet skies,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab acac dede fgfg haha ijij
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 010010001 101101001 11011101 010101 0110111 01100101 01011100 010111 11011101 11011101 11001111 110101 101111101 11011101 01010101 011101 010010101 00011101 01010101 011111 110101101 11010101 11111101 111111
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 6
- Lines: 24
Repeated words/phrases
and, of
Anaphora
a, and, i, there
