This is an analysis of the poem On The Hurricane that begins with:

You have obey'd, you WINDS, that must fulfill
The Great Disposer's righteous Will; ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabcbbcbddeeffcgcgdhhd iXeejjffccffccccccfbfbjjkcck lclclblb ffiXaadiiddXcccfXf ffccc iieeeXgeffifff eXhhjjcfcfXmm ccciiccddfnnfcceee ccjjjffffcchfghcXcccc eeeefeXefcccff eXjjddjjbbiii fff cicifjffj aalla cccc oeeofbbf ppdddllqqgg gddgjiij
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 22,28,8,18,5,14,13,18,21,14,13,3,9,5,4,8,11,18,10,4,4,38,15,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1101111101 01100100 0101010011 1111010101 10110001 0101010101 010001110101 1111010101 1101010001 1010111 01010101 11010001 01010111 10110101 01011101 10011101 11010101 11000101 11110001 1100101 00111101 0001010001 01110101 00010101 11011101 101101110101 1101010101 11100101 0101010101 110101110101 1111110101 11110101 11110101 11010001 11110101 01001101 1101000101 01010101 11110001 0101110011 1101110101 11010101 11010101 1111010101 1111110101 1100101001 11011100010 1101010001 00010001001 1111011110010 1111010001 10110101 1101110001 1001010101 010101011 11110101 1011000101 1001011101001 11001001 1001110001 1110101 10111100 1111101 110010001 11010111 0101010111 1101101001 10110101 1001010101 1001010101 1111000101 101111110111 1111101011 01011001 11010111110 110111000101 00110101 1011011001 0101110101 01100110101 010101110111 1010001 1101010101 11100101 1101001010001 11110011 100010110 11011101 11110011010101 1111010101 1101010101 0101010101 0101110101 1101111001 110101110101 1111010101 11000111010 11110101 0101110101 1101011101 0111110111 11110101 1000101 11010001 01110101 110111 1100110101 111011110111 1111110101 1101011001 100101110001 1111010001 1001011100101 01011001 1011001101 1011110001 110101110101 11110101 111000101 110110011 010101 11010001 10001001 01010010101 11001110101 110101010101 1011101 1011101 1110001 100111001 111101101 1100111101 1101010001 101100111 110010001 1101010101 1111010101 01111101 0101100101 0101010101 010101 1111011101 11111101 111101010101 1100110101 1100110111 110111110011 1101010011 1111110001 110101010101 10110101 100100101 01010101 1101110110 11011100001 110111 11010101 0101110101 010101100111 1101010101 110101010101 010101001 01010010 110101001 110101110101 1111101101 01110011 11110101 1100011010001 1100111001 110101010101 0101110001 1110010110 1101100010101 01000101 1110100111 111101010101 11110001 11010101 00011001 110101111101 111100101 10100101 1100110101 11011100111 1110101110101 1101111101 01100100 1011011001 1011110101 110111 1101000101 1010111 11110100101 010111010001 01010101 11000101 1100000101 101101110101 01101100101 11000101 0101110101 010101 1101110101 11010001 110100111 0111110101 1100111100011 01011110001 1101001001 0101010011 010100101 1001110011 1101010101001 10101101101 11010101 01110101 011101010101 11110011101 101101010 11011100010 11000110101 1101001101 1101011101 110101110101 1011110111 1111110110 101001111101 1111011101 11110001 10000101 011101110111 11110101 11110010 01110010001 10100010101 1011110101 011110101010 0101110001 11011001 1111110101 011101 1101111101 01100100 1101011101 101101110101 10100011001 1011010110 1001111101 0001110101 10111101001 1101010101 1101010101 010101 11110101 11110101 11010100101 1101000101 0101010101 0101010101 10110111001 110001 11010101 11010101 1111101101 010001111001 0111010101 11001101 11001010101 110001111101 11010111 11100101001 01110101 10011 0101010111 01010011001 01000011111 1101011101 1100111001001 11010110 1101011101 01011101 1101011001 0101001101 1101110101 110101110001 1011110101 10111010101 1111010101 01010101 11110010111 1101010011 01001110110 010001110101 1110001101 111101110101 110101100101 101101110101 1111010101 11001010001 1101010111 0111011001 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 23
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 568
  • Average number of words per stanza: 91
  • Amount of lines: 324
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, and, in, our, they, when, his, thus, their, as, your, nor, thy, or are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, the, whilst, when, no, can, thus, your, where, nor, in, some are repeated.

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