This is an analysis of the poem Fog that begins with:

Magically awakened to a strange, brown night
The streets lie cold. A hush of heavy gloom... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbadeccdefghfbbhg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 19,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 100001000111 0111010101 10100100101 1110010101 1101011101 01010101001 1001011111 01011111011 11110100101 1011110101 10101100101 1011010011 110110101101 10110011101 01011101001 11010010111 01000010101 01001010101 0101010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 864
  • Average number of words per stanza: 152
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • 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.

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