This is an analysis of the poem A Line-Storm Song that begins with:

The line-storm clouds fly tattered and swift,
The road is forlorn all day, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababbcbC dedefdfd gcgcagag dcdcaXaC
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011111011 0100111 1010010111 10111001 0111011101 011101 110011101 1011001 011101101 0011101 111100001 1111111 110010111 1100101 101100111 1011101 10010101 111101 10101001001 0101011 1100111001 111111 11011111 011101 110010111 10110101 0010110101 0101001 1011011101 111110 111000111 1011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 291
  • Average number of words per stanza: 56
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • 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 words the, and are 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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  • summary of A Line-Storm Song;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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