This is an analysis of the poem Clouds that begins with:

Down the blue night the unending columns press
In noiseless tumult, break and wave and flow,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbXXbba cdeced
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 10110010101 01001011111 1101111101 10011101000 110111001000 1100110111 1111010111 1101010111 1110111101 1001101111 11110111011 0101010101 1101101101 1110110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 320
  • Average number of words per stanza: 58
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Clouds;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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