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

I can hear the great boughs swing
Through the stormy night,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababccdedeccffffgghfhfiiajajhhekekccfhfhbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 42,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110111 10101 101101 00101 1011111 1010101 1011001 11101 1110011 11101 0011111 0010101 1011111 11101 1010111 10101 1011101 0011101 1001101 00101 1010101 00111 1000101 1111101 1110111 11001 0001101 011101 00110001 10101011 1010101 10111 1110101 00110 1100101 11100111 1011101 11111 1111111 11101 1101101 1010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1141
  • Average number of words per stanza: 230
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

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

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