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

If as the winds and waters here below
Do fly and flow, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcc ddeeff gghhhh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 0101110101 1111 1111110001 1111 11011111001 0111011011 1111100101 1111 010101101 1011 0101110111 100110111 1011001101 1101 1011011110 1101 1011111111 1101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 215
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, as are repeated.

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

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