This is an analysis of the poem On Change Of Weather that begins with:
And were it for thy profit, to obtain
All sunshine? No vicissitude of rain? ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbbbccddee
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 1001110001 1111110001 111101001010 11011111010 1101011101 11010100010 0101010101 1101011111 1011010111 1111011100 1111110011 1111011101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 533
- Average number of words per stanza: 97
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word we is repeated.
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