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

THE lake's dark breast
Is all unrest,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabccbddebbeXeeaXeaafbbfddgggghhghhgeeciiceefddfaabbbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 54,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0111 0101 01001101 101001 00101 01001001 00101 0101 1110111 101001 00101 10011111 10110 10111 11001101 10101 0111 1011101 11001 101001 110111 10111 10101 1110111 10111 00111 1110111 10101 0101 1100101 1101 10111 1100101 10111 011 1010111 0111 0111 110101 0101 0101 110101 1101 1101 011101 1111 1101 010001 10101 10111 11101001 11101 01101 1011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1338
  • Average number of words per stanza: 260
  • Amount of lines: 54
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

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

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  • summary of The Rising Of The Storm;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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