This is an analysis of the poem The Winds Of Angus that begins with:

THE GREY road whereupon we trod became as holy ground:
The eve was all one voice that breathed its message with no sound: ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaabXaaccbbcXaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 01110111011101 01111111010011 11010111111111 11110011011101 11101101110101 01001101010101 01011101110101 01000101110101 01010111011100 100000111010101 11010101010111 01010100010101 111111010111111 11000111110100 111111001010111 01011101010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1002
  • Average number of words per stanza: 178
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 62 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

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  • summary of The Winds Of Angus;
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  • history of its creation;
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