This is an analysis of the poem The Wind Begun To Rock The Grass that begins with:

The wind begun to rock the grass
With threatening tunes and low,--... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXc dede abXX adXdXecac
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01100101 0100111 11010101 010101 011000101 110101 01010111 110101 01010101 010101 01010101 110101 01110101 010101 11110101 111001 11011101 010101 11011101 110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 122
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • 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.

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