This is an analysis of the poem Spring Wind In London that begins with:

I Blow across the stagnant world,
I blow across the sea,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababab bcbcbc adadad eaeaea fgfgfg hehehe fififi
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101 110101 11010101 1100101 11000101 011101 11010101 110011 10010111 110111 00010111 110101 10011111 0100101 10110111 101111 10110111 111111 11010101 111011 11010101 111101 11010101 000101 11000101 111101 01010111 111111 11010101 110101 101100010 100101 011101010 010111 110100010 011101 01010101 111101 10111101 101101 010010111 001101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 179
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, and, you, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, for, on, and, both are repeated.

    The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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