This is an analysis of the poem A Sight In Camp that begins with:

A SIGHT in camp in the day-break grey and dim,
As from my tent I emerge so early, sleepless,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabcXdcb XccXeX dd XXaXe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,2,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010011111 101110111010 11110011101110110 1 111111010111100 10 101010110101010 111010101001 100111101 101101001001001 11010 1111001111101101 111100101 11111111 1001011111111110 1111101110 100101111110110 100101100 1111111110101001 00101 110111001110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 274
  • Average number of words per stanza: 47
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 52 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in, blanket, and, who, you, face, of, i are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word as is repeated.

    The author used the same word then at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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