This is an analysis of the poem The Four Winds that begins with:
The South wind said to the palms:
My lovers sing me psalms; ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaa aaa aXbb Xaa cc dd ee ff gg ff hh ii aa dd ii jj iXXii
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,3,4,3,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,5,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0111001 110111 1111111 110101 0111001 111100 1111110 01110010 1111100 101101 1110110 0111001 1101111 1100101 10101010 0111010 1011001 1111101 1111101 01001011 1101101 0101100 00101101 1110101 1010111 110011 1011010 1101110 010101 1001 110101 0010101 110101 101 11101 1101 11101 101 01110111 1011100010 11110111 1111
- Amount of stanzas: 18
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 65
- Average number of words per stanza: 13
- Amount of lines: 42
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Four Winds;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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