This is an analysis of Dawn by Radclyffe Hall.

It is the dawn, that wondrous fateful hour
Of strange desires, of thoughts and deeds that stir…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aXXbabXbXXccbaab
  • Stanza lengths: 16,
  • Metre: 00011101010 01010011111 010101000 01110010101 1001111010 0111010101 1101010101 11010100110 1111010111 1001011100 0101010111 1111010101 1111011101 010100010110 10010011010 11010010101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 16

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