This is an analysis of the poem All’s Well that begins with:

The clouds, which rise with thunder, slake
Our thirsty souls with rain;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xababaaacc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01110101 110101 01110101 011101 11010111 010111 1101001010 011100010 11011101 01011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 339
  • Average number of words per stanza: 65
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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 All’s Well;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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