This is an analysis of the poem The Plovers' Wind that begins with:

The plovers' wind is blowing -
A lusty wind and strong...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Aaaa XbXb Acac adad
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0101010 010111 0101010 010101 0101010 011101 110110 010111 0101010 0101001 1101110 010101 0101010 010111 0100010 1010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 112
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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