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

The wind that blows from the west
Taps at my window, sighing;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbXbdbcbAbdeXe XbXbdfAf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0111001 1111010 1110101 1111010 1011000 1101010 1011101 1001010 1010101 1110110 0111001 0111010 1010101 00101010 1111111 0111110 0011101 00101010 111101 0110110 1111001 1110010 0111001 1011110
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 373
  • Average number of words per stanza: 74
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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  • summary of The West Wind;
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