This is an analysis of the poem When Smoke Stood Up From Ludlow that begins with:

When smoke stood up from Ludlow,
And mist blew off from Teme, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXaa Xbbbb CdddX efgff ecdcc CgXgX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111011 111101 1101010 010101 110111 0100010 110111 11001110 010101 110101 1111110 110111 1101010 111111 11010100 1101111 110101 1101110 110000 10111 111011 110101 1101010 010101 010101 1111110 011111 0111011 011101 1100010
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 146
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, then, the are repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase rise connects the lines.

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