This is an analysis of the poem Reveille that begins with:

Wake: the silver dusk returning
Up the beach of darkness brims,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXab bcbc aXaX dede dfdf dgdg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101010 1010101 10101110 1010101 10101110 1000101 10101010 10110001 11111110 1010101 10101110 100101100 11101010 10010101 10111110 1010101 11111110 1110101 10111110 0111101 11111010 1011011 11101010 10010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 133
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Reveille;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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