This is an analysis of the poem Oh That A Wind that begins with:

Oh that a wind would call
From the depths of the leafless wood!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd aeaefcfc egegecec dcdchdhd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110111 00100101 110111 10101101 101001 00110101 100111 1110101 111011 011111 110111 011111 1110101 1011101 11101111 10100101 111111 1110011 0111011 1011101 10101011 1110101 10111101 1101101 110101 01100111 0100111 1011111 0101101 0110111 1111101 10100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 190
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • 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.

  • 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 and, as are repeated.

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  • history of its creation;
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