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

I SEE the use : and know my blood
Is not a sea, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdedX eaeafafaX cacaegeg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011111 0101 1010101 1111 11111110 110111 00110111 1101001 1 11010101 1111 01001101 1101 1001101 101001 11010111 110011 1 11110101 1111 01110111 0101 11111001 110111 11110011 111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 273
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; as is repeated.

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  • summary of The Storm;
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  • history of its creation;
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