This is an analysis of the poem Song—braving Angry Winer's Storms that begins with:

WHERE, braving angry winter's storms,
The lofty Ochils rise,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaababa cXcXdede
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101 010101 10111101 1111001 11111101 010101 01010101 011101 10010101 1101110 11011101 111111 01010101 111101 11010011 100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 254
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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.

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