This is an analysis of the poem Wind Rising In The Alleys that begins with:

Wind rising in the alleys
My spirit lifts in you like a banner streaming free of hot walls....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AaaaXXXAX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100010 1101011010101011 1110011 11100010 10101111011001 1001101 10001011 1100010 100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 348
  • Average number of words per stanza: 62
  • Amount of lines: 9
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; you, in are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word you is repeated.

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  • summary of Wind Rising In The Alleys;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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