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

The wind of death, that softly blows
The last warm petal from the rose, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcdccdeefgffghhcccccebaabb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 29,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01011101 01110001 01110101 01110111 11011101 11010101 01011111 10111011 11011001 01011100 10011100 11011111 11100111 11011111 100101111 11011101 11000101 11010101 11111111 11011111 01110001 01110101 01111101 01011100 01011111 11011101 110110101 111001001 11111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1038
  • Average number of words per stanza: 199
  • Amount of lines: 29
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; and is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, his are repeated.

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

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