This is an analysis of the poem An Indian Wind Song that begins with:

The wolf of the winter wind is swift,
And hearts are still and cheeks are pale,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd efefghgh gigiajXj klklhehe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 010010101 11111111 1110100101 1110110101 110111011 11110100101 1011110111 1011100111 01001000101 011100111 011111101 0010011101 101101101 1111010101 10110000101 010101101 010010101 1101101001 101010101 1010100111 110110101 010110101 1010100110 101011101 010010101 110100111 1011010111 1100110111 110111001 1010010111 1100100111 1010100111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 348
  • Average number of words per stanza: 67
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, his, of are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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