Analysis of Dawn
Francis Ledwidge 1887 (Slane) – 1917 (Boezinge)
Quiet miles of golden sky,
And in my heart a sudden flower.
I want to clap my hands and cry
For Beauty in her secret bower.
Quiet golden miles of dawn—
Smiling all the East along ;
And in my heart nigh fully blown,
A little rose-bud of a song.
| Scheme | ABAB XCXC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Rispetto |
| Metre | 1011101 001101010 11111101 110001010 1010111 1010101 00111101 01011101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 246 |
| Words | 51 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 93 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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