This is an analysis of the poem Grey that begins with:
Is the morning dim and cloudy? Does the wind drift up the leaves?
Is there mist upon the mountains, where the sun shone yesterday?... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXba cbXc deed bffb ghhg iaai fjjf gffgkbbkXbhhb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,13,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 001011101011101 011010101011101 101011100011111 10111010001 111111111100101 101011111011111 101101101110100 1110110111 101111101011101 001010111111101 001011101110101 11111111101 111010101111111 111110101111011 111101101110101 11110110111 111110111110111 101010101010001 1010001101111111 11111011101 1010101000111101 1110001110111010 11111001011111010 10101011111 111010101010101 101011101111101 1010101001010111 11111010001 111110101010101 111010101010001 1010100101110101 10111110100 111011101010101 111010111000111 011010111010111 1111100100111 11011101010101 101011111110111 1010111010100101 11111010101
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 277
- Average number of words per stanza: 52
- Amount of lines: 40
- Average number of symbols per line: 62 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 12
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, your, it, you, that, no, as are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words is, does, and, go are repeated.
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