This is an analysis of the poem The Storm And The Bush that begins with:

There are only two things in the world—
The storm in the air and the stretch of green leaves; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaaccadbbdeffe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 111011001 01001101011 01001011011 101101001 01001001 11001001001 01101001001 11011001 101101001 101011101011 11011001001 001011001 101001011 011110001001 101001011001 11011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 724
  • Average number of words per stanza: 132
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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