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

THE indications, and tally of time;
Perfect sanity shows the master among philosophs;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXabcdefbaga adXXhc iceja cckbXca XXkX XiX cdjacejf heicXag
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,6,5,7,4,3,8,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0101011001 01100101001100 1110111010101 1111010100010010100 010111 01001010101100011 11010010010101001 11 0100101010010010100 011110010110101 10010111110110010 1 01011011001001 01011010101100111 101011010010010 01001001 11001001100110010110 11101 0100010100100110100 11010100010010 010101101101101 1010101010110110 1 10111111010110 01011011101 0110111000101010100 10 010010001000100101 10 0101010111001010 01101010010101 10010100 100111101110010 101 01011001010100100100 0101001001001000101 11010100100100 0100110111110 11101110100101011 1010100010101101 1 1101101011010 111110111 01010011010101010 111 1011111110101100 11 11100101001001011 111110010010101 01100101 01101011011010 111001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 361
  • Average number of words per stanza: 55
  • Amount of lines: 52
  • Average number of symbols per line: 55 (very long strings)
  • 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; of, words, and, singer, poems, they, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, they, to are repeated.

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

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

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