This is an analysis of the poem A Voice On The Wind that begins with:
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She walks with the wind on the windy height... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a bbbXcccDX X eeeXfffDX X cccXXggDX X aaaXhhhDX a iiiXeeeDX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,9,1,9,1,9,1,9,1,9,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 1100110101 1011110111 111111101 1110110 011110101 10010101 110010111 11101111 1110110 1 10111001 1011110101 11111101 1110110 110100101 111111111 110011101 11101111 1110110 1 1100100101 011100111 1011110101 1110110 1011110111 011011101 111010111 11101111 1110110 1 1011101 1011110111 111100101 1110110 11011101 011101111 111100111 11101111 1110110 1 1010010111 0100110100 111011101 1110110 010010101 10010101 11111011 11101111 1110110
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 174
- Average number of words per stanza: 35
- Amount of lines: 50
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; her, come, home, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word whose is repeated.
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