This is an analysis of the poem A Piece Of The Storm that begins with:

From the shadow of domes in the city of domes,
A snowflake, a blizzard of one, weightless, entered your room...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXXXXXaXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 001101001001 01101001101011 110100100111101 01110010010 11110011101010 0100001011001001010 0101101001001111 011010101001 1100100111111 1110110111111 11010100111100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 632
  • Average number of words per stanza: 120
  • Amount of lines: 11
  • Average number of symbols per line: 57 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of A Piece Of The Storm;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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