Analysis of Dawn
Rupert Brooke 1887 (Rugby) – 1915 (Aegean Sea)
Opposite me two Germans snore and sweat.
Through sullen swirling gloom we jolt and roar.
We have been here for ever: even yet
A dim watch tells two hours, two aeons, more.
The windows are tight-shut and slimy-wet
With a night's foetor. There are two hours more;
Two hours to dawn and Milan; two hours yet.
Opposite me two Germans sweat and snore. . . .
One of them wakes, and spits, and sleeps again.
The darkness shivers. A wan light through the rain
Strikes on our faces, drawn and white. Somewhere
A new day sprawls; and, inside, the foul air
Is chill, and damp, and fouler than before. . . .
Opposite me two Germans sweat and snore.
Scheme | abababaB xxccbB |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1001110101 1101011101 1111110101 0111110111 0101110101 1011111101 110110011101 1001110101 1111010101 01010011101 1110101011 0111001011 110101101 1001110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 640 |
Words | 115 |
Sentences | 18 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 6 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 243 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 62 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 28, 2023
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