This is an analysis of the poem The Filling Of The Swamps that begins with:
Hurrah for the storm-clouds sweeping!
Hurrah for the driving rain! ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a b a b a c a c b b a d a d e a X a b B e a e a f g f g bXB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,3,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01101110 0110101 01110010 01000101 111001010 0100111 1111110 0110101 111101101 10100100101 01101110 1110101 01101110 1100111 01101110 0110111 101001010 0100111 01101101001 0100100101 01101010 0110101 10111110 00100101 011010011 010101 01001010 01011001 100100111 0100100101
- Amount of stanzas: 30
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 34
- Average number of words per stanza: 7
- Amount of lines: 30
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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; hurrah, for are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words hurrah, the are repeated.
The author used the same words hurrah, the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase lakes connects the lines.
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- summary of The Filling Of The Swamps;
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