This is an analysis of the poem Proud Music Of The Storm that begins with:

PROUD music of the storm!
Blast that careers so free, whistling across the prairies!... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbbcbbcdXbde fghi jXXXkgX bjgl lkbg eXkb bmgngkccXbobbXbgXpoXo og gj bqq gXabbogafmrjjX ekbcb og aX Xrgo ogh gjfj Xe bhf bico boXX nfrbXrbjbc jXjbo jfgb bXroXX ebcrgbX XlcX iec iboe edpgXi lalbhbmhhXeia hbXalbbbXecoc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,4,7,4,4,4,21,2,2,3,14,5,2,2,4,3,4,2,3,4,4,10,5,4,6,7,4,3,4,6,13,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 110001 1101111001010 110101110010 010111110100 11000010010001 1001010101010 1111110101100 110101010100101 11010101010101 11010101001001 1001010100101 101100100111101100 100110101011111 110111110101 10110001111 1001110011010 11111111 01001 00100111010101 01011101010010 11 01111010011010 1010111 010111101100 110101 01001101010101110 010010 10110010010 1101010010100100 0111001010100100 10 0111010011 1101101011 1111110011111001 1101000101101 1101010100001010 101101 100110110111001 110101110101 110101111111 110111001101101 10101001 0111101001001 100101010101000101 10010010001011 01010101010 0101110101010 11001110001 010001100010 111101011100 0111110101 0101010010001111 100 100111010100010 01010101011101001 01010101111 1111010101 1011110 00101011111110001 01010010001 1101010 010001 11111101110101 010101110101 100101 11011011101101 1101010111 01110101001010 110001110101010 010101010101101 0101110101 010010111 011111110111011 1 010010111010010 101110 0100001001011101 010101010101111 11010111011 0101010111 10101011101010 10011111001 100101010 010101010111010 110100010001 111110101001 011011111000 11110010010101 01010110100100110 1 100101011001 01011111010 0101011101001 00110100010 01011111 111101010101 101101011110001 1001010101010 100001110110011 10011111101010001 010101 01011010001010 100101100111 111110010 1100101010010111010 11100101010110 10111011 1101100110 01101010101010 11 00100100011100100 1101010111 110100101 1100101010011100 101010 111001000010101010 11110110110110 11010101000101010 011100101011010110 1101011111110 11010010011 110101110001001010 1101 1101010011010010 110110 1111111101 1100100101010 11010001111101001 1 110101110110010 11001010101 0100100110 01001001010 001001001010111 101111010100101 0101000 110100111010011 01011111101110010 10111111101 10010100010 110011010101010 10 010010111000100 0101010 1111001110010010 010111001001 1001011 110111 1101110101 1101011110101 110100100010011010 1100110101010100 1000010010110 0010010010101 1101111101001 110101000101 01101101010 0101011011101 101 1010111101 11110 11010001010011 110011101000100010 11010010110 111101010001010 1011010010100010 110101011111 110110100110010010 10 111110111111 1111010101 1001001100101 1011110101 111010 10111111110101 11010111110111 1 1100011100 110100101111010110 0100 110010111101010 111110101011 1001101011 1010010101101001 110010 11111001111
  • Amount of stanzas: 32
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 310
  • Average number of words per stanza: 48
  • Amount of lines: 200
  • Average number of symbols per line: 49 (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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, you, and, i, hear, for, voices, their, nor are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words you, i, the, song, and, nor are repeated.

    The author used the same words now, the, i 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 itself, voices are repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase song connects the lines.

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