This is an analysis of the poem Dark Wind that begins with:

In the middle of the night, waking, I was aware
Of the Wind like one riding through black wastes of the air,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaa bbb ccc dddXddd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 0010001101101 0011110111001 10010101011011 010100101111 1010110010011 1010100100101 111010011110011 1001010111101 1101100100101 0110111010011 1001010100111 11001110101011 1010100101110001 1110110010111 0010100100101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 166
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 55 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and, it are repeated.

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