This is an analysis of the poem Relieving Guard - Thomas Starr King Obit March 4, 1864 that begins with:
Came the relief. 'What, sentry, ho!
How passed the night through thy long waking?'... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXaX XXaX XaXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10011101 110111110 11011101 0100101010 11111101 010001010 10110101 1100101110 111010101 110101010 11010111 111101010
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 150
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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