This is an analysis of the poem The Wild November Morning that begins with:

The air was dark, and damp, and chill,
And the lofty trees were swaying ; ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a b a b cccB dede cccB c bc X fffB g hgh iiiX j kj k ll lX jbjbmmmX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,1,1,4,4,4,1,2,1,4,1,3,4,1,2,1,2,2,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 01111111 10101010 11110101 0101010 01110101 111001001 11110101 0101010 01110101 001011010 01110101 11001010 10111001101 110100101 11010101 0101010 11010101 01010010 11010001 0101010 11010111 01011101 01010101 0101010 01010101 1101010 01110101 11101010 111110111 0100100101 01110111 0101010 01010101 1101111 11010101 0111111 111010101 110101101 111011101 0101010 11110001 0101110 11011111 10101010 11011111 11010111 11011111 0101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 20
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 85
  • Average number of words per stanza: 16
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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, ' are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, the are repeated.

    The author used the same words and, the, ' at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of The Wild November Morning;
  • central theme;
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