This is an analysis of the poem A Sanitary Message that begins with:

Last night, above the whistling wind,
I heard the welcome rain,--... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aBCBDEce fgegggcg bhghXfif cefeXhiXXaBCBDEce
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,17,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101 110101 01010101 001101 01110101 011101 110001101 010111 11110101 111101 11110101 1101001 11011101 010101 11011101 110101 11010111 011101 11110101 010101 010101101 010101 11010001 010101 110100101 110001 10010101 110101 01010001 110001 10110111 010001 11110101 110101 01010101 001101 01110101 011101 110001101 010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 241
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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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  • summary of A Sanitary Message;
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