Gloomily The Clouds by Anne Brontë: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Gloomily The Clouds that begins with:

Gloomily the clouds are sailing
O'er the dimly moonlit sky;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababacac dcdc aeXe dfdf afaf agag aeae abab afaf hihi
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10001110 10010111 100001010 1010101 10111010 1011111 11101110 1010101 101001110 1011101 10111010 1011101 10101110 1010101 11101110 1011101 11111010 1110101 11011010 0111011 001010010 1010101 10101010 1110001 11101110 1010111 10111110 1010101 111011100 1110101 11101010 1011101 11111010 1110111 11111010 1111110 10101010 1001111 100101010 11101101 11111010 1011101 10111010 1010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 171
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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  • summary of Gloomily The Clouds;
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  • history of its creation;
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