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

So lone I stood, the very trees seemed drawn
In conference with themselves.--Intense--intense... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaX baba XcXc aXaX XdXd eaea
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1111010111 01000010101 1101010101 011000 01011110111 11011101011 0101111101 010101 01100110100 0101010100 1001111100 111101 0101010111 01011101000 1101010011 110101 1101101101 11110100011 1111101110 100101 1101110101 11011100101 110010101001 011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 161
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • 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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  • summary of The Cyclone;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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