This is an analysis of the poem Windy Nights that begins with:

Whenever the moon and stars are set,
Whenever the wind is high,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababaacbcbdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010011111 0100101 11100111 011101 1001101011 1111011001 0100111001 111111 11011111 1101011 110101111 1111101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 399
  • Average number of words per stanza: 82
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; by, at, gallop, he are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Windy Nights;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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