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

Within the pale blue haze above,
Some pitchy shreds took size and form,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdefeXghghijijhkhkfifiilil
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 32,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01011101 11011111 11010111 01010101 010111001 01010111 11010101 11010101 101100101 11110101 10010101 100101010 011111001 11110011 11110111 01010101 11001111 10110100 110111111 01110101 10111111 101101011 001110101 10010111 01110111 110010101 11010101 11011111 11111011 110100101 101011111 11000101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1234
  • Average number of words per stanza: 224
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; to, and are repeated.

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

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

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