This is an analysis of the poem The Wind Blew Shrill And Smart that begins with:
THE wind blew shrill and smart,
And the wind awoke my heart... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabccb aadccd eefeef
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 011111 1010111 01010101001 010101 1010101 10101010101 110001 0010101 0101010101 011101 1010101 10101010111 011111 1011101 1111010111 110101 0010101 10100010111
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 197
- Average number of words per stanza: 42
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; it's, to, and, death are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, it's are repeated.
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