This is an analysis of the poem Wind that begins with:
Oh the wold, the wold,
Oh the wold, the wold!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AAbbA AAXcA AAdddA AAeeA AAcccA AAfffA
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,6,5,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10101 10101 10101 10101 1010101 10101 10101 10100 00101 1010101 10101 10101 10101 00101 00101 1010101 10101 10101 10101 10101 1010101 10101 10101 1011 10101 011101 1010101 10101 10101 1011 101001 01001001 1010101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 131
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 38
- Average number of symbols per line: 20 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; oh, wold are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words oh, to are repeated.
The author used the same word oh at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines wold, moon, cry, night are repeated).
The poet repeated the same word wold at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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