Analysis of At Dawn
In the night I dreamed of you;
All the place was filled
With your presence; in my heart
The strife was stilled.
All night I have dreamed of you;
Now the morn is grey.--
How shall I arise and face
The empty day?
| Scheme | ABXB ACXC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 0011111 10111 1110011 0111 1111111 10111 1110101 0101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 211 |
| Words | 46 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 80 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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