This is an analysis of the poem The Clouds That Promise A Glorious Morrow that begins with:

The clouds that promise a glorious morrow
Are fading slowly, one by one;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXabcbc dedebebe fgfgdhdh dhdhdada aaaaXgXg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01110010010 11010111 011111111 00110101 1101111010 010011111 0111011010 11010111 1111010110 010010101 01010110010 11010111 1001101010 01010101 1101001010 110101101 1101111110 01110101 1101011010 10010101 1111101010 010100111 1100101110 110101101 1101001110 11110101 1101011010 10010111 1100101110 1100100111 1111010110 010111101 1101001010 11010111 110101110 11110111 1111001010 01001101 1010001110 10010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 303
  • Average number of words per stanza: 54
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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; and, of are repeated.

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  • summary of The Clouds That Promise A Glorious Morrow;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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