This is an analysis of the poem The Wind Of Sorrow that begins with:
The fire of love was burning, yet so low
That in the dark we scarce could see its rays,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbaabba bbbbcc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 01001110111 1001111101 1001001101 10110010111 1011011101 11010100101 01111101001 11010010101 1001010101 1001110101 11110001101 0101010111 0011010101 11010010101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 310
- Average number of words per stanza: 59
- Amount of lines: 14
- 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:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of is repeated.
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