This is an analysis of the poem [month Of] March that begins with:

The north-cast wind has come from Norroway,
Roaring he came above the white waves' tips! ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xaabbaab cdccdc
  • 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: 0111110100 10110101101 0100111101 1101110101 100110101 1101110001 01111100101 11010010101 0101101101 11010010101 010110111 1001000100 111111001 11110100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 305
  • Average number of words per stanza: 54
  • 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.

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