The Lee Shore by Thomas Hood: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem The Lee Shore that begins with:

Sleet! and hail! and thunder!
And ye winds that rave,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef cgcg eheh Xiai
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111110 11111 101110 10101 111010 10101 101010 00101 001010 10101 101010 11101 011010 10001 101010 00101 001010 10101 001010 11101 111100 10101 1101110 11101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 98
  • Average number of words per stanza: 17
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; and is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word from is repeated.

    The author used the same word from at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of The Lee Shore;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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