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

I HAVE been watching through grey window panes
This evening falling ... Someone is astray...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdededfggfg X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 17,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101011101 0101011001 0101010101 1101000111 10110110101 1001111101 0111100111 1001001010 1101100100 11001100111 1101000101 1101100111 1001000111 00010110101 1001010111 0111000101 11100111001 01011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 391
  • Average number of words per stanza: 68
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

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

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