This is an analysis of the poem The Thunderstorm that begins with:
DEEP, fiery clouds o'ercast the sky,
Dead stillness reigns in air, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef ghgh cici gcgc dada abab jjjjXacac
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 1100110001 110101 101100111 010001 01110111 010111 010101001 110111 01111001 1110010 01111101 11010010 101010101 111111 11110101 11101 01010101 101101 10010101 010101 11111111 110101 00110101 101101 11110111 010101 110101101 010111 11110101 010101 11110111 110011 001101010 101101 1011010010 0110101 11110101 010111 111101001 100111
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 132
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 40
- 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 The Thunderstorm;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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