This is an analysis of the poem Gray Weather that begins with:

It is true that, older than man and ages to outlast him, the Pacific surf
Still cheerfully pounds the worn granite drum;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaXXbXcXXbaca
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 00111011110001100101 1100101101 1111101111111011 10111001 10101111010011 101 11111010101 01001001111110100010 100001010 1111101000100101100 010 001010010100 10110101110100111 001010110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 723
  • Average number of words per stanza: 127
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 51 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; no is repeated.

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