This is an analysis of the poem Foreshadowings that begins with:
FIFTEEN miles and then the harbour! Here we cannot choose but stand,
Faces thrust towards the day-break, listening for our native land!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccbb ddeeffgg hhffbbii jjffkkii hhaaaacc llhheell iikkmmjj
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 0110110101110111 1010101110011101 11010100101010101 101010101010101 1010100101110101 101010100010101 101110101001101 1110100101010001 101110101110101 11111011010000111 111111111011101 110101010101001 101110101111101 111110101101101 111010101110111 111110001010001 111110101010111 101010110110101 101111101010101 1111111010111001 101110101010101 110010100010101 111110101111111 110110101011101 111111101010111 111010101010101 111010101111111 111110101111101 100111111110101 1110101001010001 111010101010101 111010100010011 111011101011101 101010101010101 0110111000111111 111110101010101 1010101010011101 111010101010101 111010101010101 101011101110101 101111101010111 111010101010101 101011000110101 101010101010101 101110101010101 111010011110101 101111100100101 111000101010011 111011101011111 111010111010101 101010100011101 1110001010010101 111110101110101 10101011100100101 1111100101110101 111011111010101
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 517
- Average number of words per stanza: 94
- Amount of lines: 56
- Average number of symbols per line: 64 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 12
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; it, i, have, and, we, of are repeated.
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- summary of Foreshadowings;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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