This is an analysis of the poem A Night-Piece By Millet that begins with:

Wind and sea and cloud and cloud-forsaking
Mirth of moonlight where the storm leaves free... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaB bXbXabaB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111111010 101110111 10011101010 111 101110101 10111111000 101111111 1110101010 1111100100 1111101010 111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 146
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 11
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • 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.

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