This is an analysis of the poem Bereft that begins with:
Where had I heard this wind before
Change like this to a deeper roar? ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaaabbabbcccdcd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110101 11000101 110111011 10100101 101100101 101110111 1100101 1101101 11100111 10111111 10100001 11110101 11100101 11111001 11101101 11111111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 552
- Average number of words per stanza: 109
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; i, word are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word word is repeated.
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- summary of Bereft;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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