This is an analysis of the poem The Waiting Watchers that begins with:

They shall come in the black weathers
From the heart of the dead embers,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabXXbacaaXaddXbabcXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 21,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11100110 00100110 101111001 1110011010 1111 110 010100010 1101000101 111101 1010111 10111011 1111 1111010111 1101011111 101110 1010011 1101010 11110 1101111111 11111010 111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 683
  • Average number of words per stanza: 131
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • 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 The Waiting Watchers;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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