This is an analysis of the poem On A March Day that begins with:

Here in the teeth of this triumphant wind
That shakes the naked shadows on the ground, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXa XaXa abab
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1001000101 1101011101 1001100101 010011101011 1101111111 1111111111 111100101 1101001101 1101110111 110010111001 1111011111 0101010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 175
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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; that, i are repeated.

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