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

There are so many islands!
As many islands as the stars at night ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbaacabXbaadcede
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1111010 1101010111 111101100110 1101010101 1111010111 1111000101 10110010101 1001000001 1111010011 1110101011 10100101001 1100111001 1111101001 01011011001 1011110110 01101001101 00101111011 10101001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 770
  • Average number of words per stanza: 151
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (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; one, i, and are repeated.

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

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