This is an analysis of the poem A Song Of Winds that begins with:

WOE to the weak when the sky is shrouded,
And the wind of the salt-way sobs as it dies!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXbbaXacdbdXebeXecebfgfgefebhXhgXaibjcjbdadkbbbfakaXbbbjifi
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 60,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001101010 10100111101 1001101100 11101111 1001110010 011101111 10111001110 1010100111 01001101010 111110101 10111001010 011101101 1111101010 111100101 1111111010 011110111 010101010100 011110111 0101101010 11101101 100101110 111100101 0100111010 11100111 011111010 1010100111 11001001110 010010101 1001001110 10010101 0100111010 010100111 111101110 11100101 101001110 10101101 1101101110 110100101 1101001110 111101111 0101101010 111100101 010101010 110101111 0101101110 110101101 011010110010 110101101 010111110 111110101 01001111010 1010100101 011101010 01011101 0111101010 110101101 0111001110 011110111 01101101110 010111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2511
  • Average number of words per stanza: 458
  • Amount of lines: 60
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; of, and, storm are repeated.

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

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