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

Where, through the myriad leaves of forest trees,
The daylight falls, beryl and chrysoprase,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaaaaXaXaaXaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 11010010101 0111101100 0101010001 110010100100 1101010111 11001010101 0100011111 1111011100 1101100100 1001110111 10010100001 1111011100 01110111001 01001110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 590
  • Average number of words per stanza: 98
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (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; music, and are repeated.

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

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