This is an analysis of the poem The Night of Storm that begins with:
BOWED o'er my staff, but raising not my head, I did not see the lightning flare. O my flock! I saw the two green eye-balls of a cat flit in the...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X X X X X X X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,1,1,1,1,1,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110111101111011010111111011110011001 10001110101111011111111110001011110110011 111111011101101101101101100001 101110110010111111101011101100011 1011010101111010101010001010 1111110011010110010010110010111 01011010
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 121
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 7
- Average number of symbols per line: 122 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 24
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; my, i, in, flock are repeated.
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- summary of The Night of Storm;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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