Analysis of Break of Dawn

Walter Kielbowicz 1954 (Northampton, MA)



We listen for the whisper of the meadowland grass
    As the nearby water shows a surface of glass
Asleep are the creatures that prowl the night
    For the time has come with the rays of light
To start a new day and realize your dreams
    To fulfill your life with more than it seems
Suddenly waking you open your eyes
    And peer thru the window at sunny blue skies
A breeze in the trees as birds sing their song
    With new beginnings having waited so long
And deer in the meadow show us their fawn
    One might sit and wonder on this, the break of dawn


Scheme AABBCCDDEEFF
Poetic Form
Metre 1101010101011 101110101011 0110101101 1011110111 1101101011 1011111111 1001011011 01101011011 0100111111 11010101011 010011111 111010110111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 560
Words 106
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 12
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 36
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 430
Words per stanza (avg) 106

About this poem

This was selected for the Sound of Poetry and America at the Millennium, February 14, 2000.

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Written on December 15, 1999

Submitted by WallyK on January 15, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Walter Kielbowicz

My name is Walter Kielbowicz and I live in Hatfield, MA. I graduated from Smith Academy in Hatfield. I was introduced to poetry in my freshman year. I am putting together my poems for a book of my own soon. I have some (4) Editor's Choice Awards and was also elected to the Hall of Fame on January 6,1997. more…

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