This is an analysis of the poem The Countersign that begins with:
Alas! the weary hours pass slow,
The night is very dark and still;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaXcccc dedeafaf ghghijij khkhjgjg lklklala khkhcmcm lhlXkbkb ebebhhhX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 010101011 01010111 10010101 11010100 11110101 11110111 11010111 101100101 01010111 11111101 01011101 01010101 11111101 11111111 010100101 01010111 01011111 01110101 01110101 11010001 11010101 01011111 110101101 11010111 11010101 011101001 01010101 01011101 01010101 11010111 111101001 11110101 11110101 110101001 11010101 11010011 11010111 11010111 11011101 11010011 11011101 11000101 0101011 11010101 11010101 11110101 11010001 01000101 111101101 01010101 10110101 10110100 010110111 010010101 01101111 11011101 10011101 11000111 11010101 10110101 111101101 100111101 10010101 11110100
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 274
- Average number of words per stanza: 52
- Amount of lines: 64
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, and, me, to, ' are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, and, the, that, when, too are repeated.
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- summary of The Countersign;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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