This is an analysis of the poem After A Tempest that begins with:

The day had been a day of wind and storm;--
The wind was laid, the storm was overpast,-- ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXabbcbcc dddddedeX fgXggfgff hhhhhbhbb cfcfXcfcc ibibbfbff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,9,9,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0110010111 0111011100 1100010111 1011101111 1101010111 1101011101 1011111101 11101101101 010111110001 0111010101 1111011011 11010010001 1101010101 11010011101 010100101001 11001110101 0011010101 110001011010 1001011101 110010011111 1101110101 1101010001 01110000101 01001110001 1101010011 0101011101 110101010011 0101011101 0101110111 01010011101 1100100101 1101011101 1101011101 1101110101 11001010101 1100110011101 1111010001 1100011110 11011001101 0101110101 1101010100 1101000101 1111111101 1011011001 010000101110101 11110101010 1101011101 01111101010 1101111111 0111011111 1011011111 11010010101 100111000101 1101010101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 425
  • Average number of words per stanza: 76
  • Amount of lines: 54
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (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; and, of, in are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and are repeated.

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

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