This is an analysis of the poem In Memoriam A. H. H.: 15. To-Night The Winds Begin To Rise that begins with:

To-night the winds begin to rise
And roar from yonder dropping day:... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbacbbcdeeX cffc dggd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010101 11010101 01110101 01110101 01010101 01010101 110111011 01110101 11110110 11110101 01010101 11110111 11010101 11110011 01011101 11111101 110101110 110101001 11010101 0101010010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 266
  • Average number of words per stanza: 43
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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