This is an analysis of the poem Promises Of The Storm that begins with:

So be it
I can assure you that I will refuse death...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AXbbbcBdcbdbbbAXeaXbXcBeb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 25,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100 11011110011 110100101 110101 01110110 01101010100 11010110101 100101 1011111 111 0101 1010100101001001 1101010110 0010101 100 110101 11010 11100111 101111 10110011 101010 10111010100 11010110101 10010101010110 011011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 791
  • Average number of words per stanza: 147
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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.

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  • summary of Promises Of The Storm;
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