This is an analysis of the poem When The Storm Was Proudest that begins with:

When the storm was proudest,
And the wind was loudest,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabaab ccdccd eefggf hhdiid jjbaab
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101110 101110 110101010101 10101 10111 110101010101 10101 010001 101011110001 1100101 110001 1111110010110 101110 101010 100110000101 010101 100001 11101010101 101110 101010 1101011111101 1100101 110101 1111101010101 1101110 1101110 111111101111111 1101010 1111010 11101010111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 205
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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

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