This is an analysis of the poem The Reveille that begins with:
Hark! I hear the tramp of thousands,
And of armed men the hum;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXaXaa bacXAXa bXXXAXa XaXXAXX dadXaacX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11101010 101101 10101110 1010101 101 101 111000101010101 11011110 1010101 11111010 10101110 101 101 111010101010101 11101010 101001100 10101000 10101100 101 101 1110101110101001 10101010 1011101 11101011 1111111 101 101 1010101010101010 11101010 1011101 10101010 11101010 101 111 1011 001010101110
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 228
- Average number of words per stanza: 41
- Amount of lines: 36
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
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- summary of The Reveille;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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