This is an analysis of the poem Before A Midnight Breaks In Storm that begins with:

Before a midnight breaks in storm,
Or herded sea in wrath,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababccdd cccceeff fafaggee cdcdhhcc cicigXdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01011101 110101 111100101 010101 1011 1101 0101110101 1000100001001 11010101 010001 11110111 110101 1101 1101 11010100101 1011110101 11110101 011111 01110101 011101 1101 1101 11001010101 1101010111 01001101 010101 10110101 110101 1011 01101 1001111101 1111011111 11001101 0010101 1110111 111111 1101 1100 100010011101 1111011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 253
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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