This is an analysis of the poem Blow, Northern Wind that begins with:
ICHOT a burde in boure bryht,
That fully semly is on syht, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXXaaaXXXX bXbXXXcXD XXXXcXXXD XXXXXXXX eeeaXffaXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,9,9,8,11,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1001011 11010011 101001 11101 010101 0101101 101111 10001 1101 111110 1101111 0101011 0111101 0101111 111101 0101111 01010101 1111101 110110 11011100 101101 101001 1011011 111011 01011101 011111 110111 11101 11011100 1010010 10100100 1010010 11001 101001 101001 1010010 11001 11011111 11011111 11011101 11111 11010111 11011111 11011011 11101 1101 111110 1101111
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 341
- Average number of words per stanza: 51
- Amount of lines: 48
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; blou, with, heo, of, ant, for, hire, love are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words with, heo, for are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word etc at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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