This is an analysis of The True Dawn by Leon Gellert.

Go, false dawn, that cometh as a child
With yellow curls!…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abacdbdece acabcccbbb fdfcedebcXb
  • Stanza lengths: 10,10,11,
  • Metre: 111110101 0101 110101 1000101 11 101111 010100 0101 11101 1101010101 111110101 0101 110111 011101 01 111101 011101 1101 10111 1011110111 111110001 0101 010101 010101 11 111101 111101 0111 111001 1111111100 1
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 31