This is an analysis of the poem North Wind that begins with:

I love you, malcontent
Male wind - ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.

  • Rhyme scheme: abXb ccdXeeeaX Xccdec
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,9,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111101 11 100100010 110011000101 1111011 10111 11101011 01011110 1010110 111010 1101111 1110101 010101 1011101 10010 111111 1010011 10111 101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 180
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my, to are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines dreams, forests are repeated).

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of North Wind;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

More information about poems by Lola Ridge