This is an analysis of the poem Alec Yeaton's Son that begins with:
GLOUCESTER, AUGUST, 1720
The wind it wailed, the wind it moaned, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X abab cbcb Xdad ebeb eaea bcbX afaf egeg fafa chch iXiXXcbcb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 10101 01010101 10111001 10110100101 10111101 10011101 110111 101010111 1110101 10101010100 1010101 1010100101 110101 101110111 111111 11110101 010111 101101111 111101 110010011 111011 101110011 010111 10111111 1101010 11111111 010101 01010101 111101 11010111 110111 11110111 1101001 10011101 110111 01010101 1011101 11010111 011101 101010100 0110101 110110101 1111110 110111101 010101 10110001 110101 11010101 1010111
- Amount of stanzas: 13
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 131
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 49
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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.
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