Analysis of The Dawn
Ada Cambridge 1844 (St Germans, Norfolk) – 1926 (Melbourne)
All the wild waves rock'd in shadow,
And the world was dim and grey,
Dark and silent, hush'd and breathless,
Waiting calmly for the day.
And the golden light came stealing
O'er the mountain-tops at last—
Flooding vale and wood and upland,—
It was morning—night was past.
There they lay—the silvery waters,
Fruitful forests, glade and lawn,—
All in beauty, new-created
By the angel of the dawn.
* * * * *
So my spirit slept in twilight;—
All was quiet, grey, and still,
Till the dawn of Love came stealing,
Over Hope's snow-crested hill.
Then the dim world woke in glory,
And the iris-dyes grew bright
On the waves and woods and valleys,
In a morning flood of light.
Ah! the vineyards and the gardens!—
Ah! the treasures, rich and rare,
Full of endless life and beauty,
Which that dawn created there!
Scheme | XAXA BCXC XDXD EFBF GEXE XHGH |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1011101 0011101 10101010 1010101 00101110 10010111 10101010 1110111 111010010 1010101 10101010 1010101 1 1110101 1110101 10111110 1011101 10111010 0010111 10101010 0010111 10100010 1010101 11101010 1110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 812 |
Words | 149 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 5, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 25 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 102 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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