Song. Low Hung The Dark Clouds by Amelia Opie: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Song. Low Hung The Dark Clouds that begins with:

LOW hung the dark clouds on Plinlimmon's tall peak,
And slowly, yet surely, the winter drew near;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaX cbcX abaX dbdX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11011110011 11011001011 11011001101 011110111010 11011101011 01011011011 11111011001 1110100011010 11011010011 01101011101 11011011001 0100100011010 11011011001 101111001001 11111011111 110111011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 191
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i 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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