This is an analysis of the poem A March Day In London that begins with:

The east wind blows in the street to-day;
The sky is blue, yet the town looks grey.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcc ddddaeae aaaeeddffXccee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,8,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011100101 010110111 1010101010 0101101010 11010111 110101101 01010101 11111101 111101011 10100101 11110101 010111011 01011111 11110111 10011111 11010101 0100101001 011100101 010100101 111011011 01110001 11010111 10111101 110111101 01011101 01010101 011111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 255
  • Average number of words per stanza: 51
  • Amount of lines: 27
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, wind, my, all, in are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

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