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

An hour agone, and prostrate Nature lay
Like some sore-smitten creature nigh to death,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabbacXcdXd
  • 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: 11010110101 1111010101 01001101001 11011100001 01010101001 1111010101 01010101001 11010000101 1101010101 11110010101 1011010101 10010101011 11010101010 00111100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 643
  • Average number of words per stanza: 102
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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