This is an analysis of the poem Verses By Lady Geralda that begins with:
Why, when I hear the stormy breath
Of the wild winter wind... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd ceXe bfbf fgfg hhhh bgbg igig didi jXjc hchk jcfc flfl cdcd cdkd fhfh dcdk bjbj bfcf bflf ldfd Xcic Xjbj jfjfXicik
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110101 001101 10100101 110111 11011101 010101 01011101 010101 01110101 011101 11111000 111101 111100001 010101 11010101 010101 11011001 110111 11010101 010101 01011101 100101 01000101 010001 01100101 010101 11001101 1100101 01000101 0111010 01011101 0111010 11011101 011101 10010101 011111 10010101 111100 11010101 110101 11011111 110101 11110001 101100 11111101 111111 011101111 101101 11010001 0010101 11111111 111101 111111001 011101 11110101 101101 11111101 111101 11110100 110111 11110101 001101 01110101 100101 11010101 110101 011100111 010100 01010101 010001 0011101 110111 1011101 10111 1011101 111101 1011101 11111 1110101 100111 1010111 11101 10111101 101101 1010101 011111 0010011 00101 1010101 110001 10111101 111101 11111101 111111 11110101 010101 01010101 010001 11111101 010100
- Amount of stanzas: 24
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 129
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 100
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- 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, i, thou are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words its, the, to, and, is, i are repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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