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

THE wind that met her in the park,
Came hurrying to my side—... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbbdedcfefgXXXhfefbfaecghg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 28,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01110001 1100011 01010101 111101 01001101 110111 01010101 1010001 110101001 101101 11111101 010111 01010111 110001 01010101 11010 10110101 111101 011010001 010011 11011111 0100110 01110101 100111 01111111 111101 01110101 010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 849
  • Average number of words per stanza: 174
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • 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; to, and, her are repeated.

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