This is an analysis of the poem A Sign-Seeker that begins with:
I MARK the months in liveries dank and dry,
The day-tides many-shaped and hued;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXa cddc effe gXhg iddi gjjg dbXd jaaj kddk daad Xddc hXXh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 11010100111 01110111 11011110 110010010110001 11010110001 11110111 010100001 100101010111 11101010101 01000101 11011101 11010101011001 1101000101 01001101 010010101 0101110101101 1101011111 01011111 11010101 1011001110101 1111110111 11011101 110100111 1000110011101 0111010100 01010101 1001110010 100101010100 1001111101 11110101 11011101 111101010101 1111110001 01010101 10010111 1111111101001 111101011 11010111 110010100 010101010101 11010111010 111011111 01010111 1100111010101 1101011101 11011100 01011100 11010010101111
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 190
- Average number of words per stanza: 31
- Amount of lines: 48
- Average number of symbols per line: 48 (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, to, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words to, those are repeated.
The author used the same words i, or at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of A Sign-Seeker;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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