This is an analysis of the poem Hard Weather that begins with:
Bursts from a rending East in flaws
The young green leaflet's harrier, sworn... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXbbacdXddede fgfghihiadadjcjc Xikiihihelelcaca hXhaeeeeeebddbdbikikdmdm ccccccddddbhbhehehXgfgbcbcenXnXfdfbmbm
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,16,16,24,38,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 10010101 011101001 01010101 111010101 11011001 01110111 10111111 01110001 11010101 110101101 10111101 01010101 010110101 010110101 001111111 10010111 10011111 11011101 11010101 11111101 110101001 11110101 11110101 10110101 10110101 01011111 11100101 01011111 11010101 011110101 01010101 10010111 01010100 01010101 10110001 10110001 01011101 11110111 01010101 010101001 11000101 10010101 11110100 11001011 010101001 11011101 10010111 11010111 10110001 01011101 100101001 01110001 11011101 11000101 11000101 11000101 11010101 11000101 11010101 01000101 11010111 11111101 11110111 010101010 11000101 111101010 11110101 11010101 110100101 11010101 01011101 01010101 11010101 01010001 01000101 11110101 10010111 11010101 11110101 11000101 11010101 01000101 10010111 10010001 01001101 11100111 10011101 11011001 11111011 11110001 11000101 10011101 010001001 110100001 11010101 01010111 11011101 01011101 0101110 110110001 100101110 01010101 10010001 01000101 110110101 01010101 10110101 01010101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 767
- Average number of words per stanza: 141
- Amount of lines: 108
- 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; or, and, in, of, her are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and are repeated.
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- summary of Hard Weather;
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