This is an analysis of the poem Low Barometer that begins with:
The south-wind strengthens to a gale,
Across the moon the clouds fly fast,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab bcbc cccc bdbd eeee fafaXbfbf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01110001 01010111 010101001 01010001 11011111 010011111 11010111 10110101 11011100 01011001 01110101 010010101 10010001 01010101 100100101 010010001 11110101 11011101 11011101 11011001 11110111 01010001 110111011 01000101 11010111 010011111 10011111 01010101
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 143
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of Low Barometer;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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