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

Aelius, noble descendant of ancient
Lamus (and they say the Lamiae of old...

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabX XXcX XXabXbcba
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1010010010 101110101 010100101 1101010100 11010010010 101110101 11010101 0101001100 10111101101 10010110111 011010101 0101011001 011101101111 01101100101 101110011 1010110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 169
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (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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