This is an analysis of the poem The Calls [unfinished] that begins with:

A dismal fog-hoarse siren howls at dawn.
I watch the man it calls for, pushed and drawn... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaab cccb aaaX ddde ccc ffXe eeeX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,3,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0101110111 1101011111 1011010101 101010110 1101011101 10001110101 1001100101 11010110010 1101011111 1101010111 1101010101 110101110 0101011101 1101010101 1001010111 11111111 1111111111 1101110111 01111101001 1011111101 01001011111 1101011101 1111 1101111111 1101011111 0101011100 0111101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 161
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 27
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length 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; and is repeated.

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

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  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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