This is an analysis of the poem Morning In Norfolk that begins with:

As it has for so long
come wind and all weather...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abacdefgahihjXdkdjdXlmigbXahdXclXamXlkhmibhikccalXmhibabXhhbafihjXemlddmXiijimlemiil
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 84,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101111 111110 011001 010010 101100 10110 101001 1101 111010 11101 10010 11011 010101 1010 100111 10100 010011 10111 111110 1001000 111011 01111010 001111 110111 10111000010 11 100110 10110 10110 010101 111001 11110 11010 001100 1000100 110000 01100 011100 101111 0110110 111110 11110 100011 100101 110000 10111 100111001 0111010 10001 101010 100111 0111011 010010 01010110 1010 01010 01001010 1011001 11101 1110 10110 101011011 1001010 011101 1010010 110101 01010 1010101 1001001 010100 0010010 0101 10010 0101010 1010100 1101 011111 111011 11000 0100010 101010 10110 0111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 998
  • Average number of words per stanza: 173
  • Amount of lines: 83
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • 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, morning are repeated.

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  • summary of Morning In Norfolk;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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