This is an analysis of the poem The Storm that begins with:

Stooping over London, skies convulsed
With thunder moved: a rumour of storm remote... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabacadeeXeaceXeabXbXXdbbbaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 28,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1010101100 01010100101 101111001001 1001100101 110110010111 1101010101 1001100111 110111011001 1100110111 101011001 01001001001001 1101011111 010100100101 1100110111 11010010101 110101001001 11000010101 01010111001 1011100101 110010100101 1001010110 1010100101 101011101 110100101010 1001010101 110100100101 111111100110 01001010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1318
  • Average number of words per stanza: 213
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (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; in is repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of The Storm;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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