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

Night comes upon the earth; and fearfully
Arise the mighty winds, and sweep along... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaabccddddeeffggbXdXbbddeebX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 28,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1101011100 0101011101 0011001111 0101011101 11010101010 11110001010 1101011111 1001010111 01011100111 0111010101 11011100001 1101001001 1101010101 1101001101 11110011010 11010101110 1111010101 1100110100 1111010101 11011110010 0101100101 0101011101 1011000101 1101110101 1011000111 0101101101 1001111101 1011001000
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1227
  • Average number of words per stanza: 216
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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