This is an analysis of the poem Goblins Of The Steppes that begins with:
Stormy clouds delirious straying,
Showers of whirling snowflakes white,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AbABcdae cfffghih cjijXeaX ABABiXXX ckckifjf gfXfdeXe ABABjiXi
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101010010 10010111 10101110 1010101 10101110 1010100 10101010 1111100 10101010 10011111 111011010 1110101 11101010 1110101 10101010 1010101 11101010 0110111 10101010 1000101 00101010 1111111 111010100 1010101 101010010 10011101 10101110 1010101 10101010 1010101 11101011 1111111 10111110 1010101 11111010 1010101 10100010 1010111 10101010 1010101 01101010 1010011 10101010 1010101 10101010 1010101 00111010 1011101 101010010 10011101 10101110 1010101 10101010 0010101 11101100 1110101
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 263
- Average number of words per stanza: 44
- Amount of lines: 56
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word now is repeated.
The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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