This is an analysis of the poem The Winds Message that begins with:

There came a whisper down the Bland between the dawn and dark,
Above the tossing of the pines, above the river's flow; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd ececebeb fefegege hdhdXeXe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11010101010111 01010001010101 01010101110101 01010111010101 01010101010101 01010101010101 11010101010101 01011111010101 01010101111011 01001101110101 11110111010111 01011101010101 11010101111101 01000101111101 11010111010101 01010101110101 11110101010101 01110101111101 11010101010111 01010111010101 01010101110101 1100010101011 11010101110110 01011101110101 11011101110101 11010101010111 11111101101101 010101010101001 01011101110101 0101101111101 11110111110101 11110101110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 496
  • Average number of words per stanza: 89
  • Amount of lines: 35
  • Average number of symbols per line: 56 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of, that are repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same word bland at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

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