This is an analysis of the poem The Hurricane that begins with:
Lord of the winds! I feel thee nigh,
I know thy breath in the burning sky!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabb ccddeeff ccaagghhhh hXiijXkk ffhhjjllXkkhhcckkiibb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,8,10,8,21,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 10011111 111100101 11100101001 101000101 1110100101 1010101011 101111001 010110101 101010001 101010111 1010011101 111010101 110110101 00101000101 11110101001 011010111 011100101 010110101 001010101 1010110101 100010101 1010111001 10110111101 0101101100 10011111 1011100101 101110111 010100100 111101101 01001001001 101100101 0100100101 110010111 001000100101 11101101011 0010110011 10101100101 110100101 110110111 0100100101 1001101001 110010101 111111011 00101111011 1111011011 0100101111 010101101 0010101101 111100101 0100100101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 339
- Average number of words per stanza: 64
- Amount of lines: 50
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
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; i, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, how are repeated.
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- summary of The Hurricane;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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