This is an analysis of the poem May Morning that begins with:

WARM, wild, rainy wind, blowing fitfully,
Stirring dreamy breakers on the slumberous May sea,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xabb ccdd eeff ggXd ccaa hhaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110110100 1010101010011 111010111101 01010101010111 10101100111 101111010111 10101100101 11010101110111 10101110001 10101010101 101010110101 11110101110111 10010101011101 1010100110101 1000101010110 10111110101 101010101001 1010100011111 1010111110101 11010101011111 1101010110101 1111010110111 11010101111101 11100101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 215
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 53 (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, o are repeated.

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

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