Analysis of Dawn
Arthur Henry Adams 1872 (Lawrence) – 1936 (Sydney, New South Wales)
Far in the Eastern passage-way a sudden light;
The stone that blocked the sepulchre is backward rolled;
And down into the fœtid, stifling vault of Night
The naked corpse of Dawn is lowered, grey and cold.
| Scheme | ABAB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 100101010101 0111011101 010101110111 010111110101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
| Characters | 216 |
| Words | 38 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 41 |
| Words per line (avg) | 9 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 162 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 36 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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