This is an analysis of the poem Attack that begins with:

AT dawn the ridge emerges massed and dun
In the wild purple of the glow'ring sun, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabacbdcdeffe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101010111 0011000101 10011010111 0100111111 11110100010 00111111001 01111101101 1101101010010 10110010101 11110101001 1111110111 11010111001 1001110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 623
  • Average number of words per stanza: 107
  • Amount of lines: 13
  • Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

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  • summary of Attack;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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