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

Is it some shade from Paradise,
Shut down beneath the clouding skies,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbacccXdddefffebbbg hhhghhhecccefffehhhefffi jjji
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,24,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 00110101 11010101 010011101 0001010 11011101 01101101 100100001 0101010 110010101 11110111 11010101 110010 01010111 11010101 11011111 0001010 00110111 111111001 11010101 01010010 111100101 11010101 01010101 1100010 110100101 01010101 00110101 0100010 11010101 11010101 11010101 1100010 00110111 01010011 11110111 00110010 01110101 01010101 01011101 1100010 110011101 11011101 01010011 1100110 10110111 01001101 10010111 1100110
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 532
  • Average number of words per stanza: 92
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Thew Wind;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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