This is an analysis of the poem The North Wind that begins with:

That wind is from the North, I know it well;
No other breeze could have so wild a swell.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.

  • Rhyme scheme: aaabbXcdcXcXcec bbffcggcddcfX eXed bdhd hXhc X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,13,4,4,4,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 1100011101 1101111101 1111010111 0101 1101 11110100 1101010101 1111011101 1101011111 1101010111 1111011100 11010101 111111 101111101 110101 11011001 01010011 11110101 11010101 110100 01101111 11000101 111100 11111111 110110111 011101 11100101 011000 11111101 110111 010001010 11101 11110011 111101 11110101 010001 01110111 110100 11101101 110101 100000100
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 228
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 41
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; and is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, o are repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of The North Wind;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

More information about poems by Anne Brontë