This is an analysis of the poem Resolution And Independence that begins with:

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There was a roaring in the wind all night; ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bcbcXXc X cdcddee X fafaagg X bhbhhiia afaffag a bjXjjkk X ajajjXl X leleecc X algllmm l jnjnnbb a ljljjkk X jojooaX X ohXhXcc X bpXpplc X ififfll X jijiibb X cjcjjhX X bjbjjaX X lalggjj X jjjjjfX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,7,1,7,1,7,1,8,7,1,7,1,7,1,7,1,7,1,7,1,7,1,7,1,7,1,7,1,7,1,7,1,7,1,7,1,7,1,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1 1101000111 0111001101 1101010111 0111000101 1001110111 01110101110 1101010101010 1 1111011101 0110000101 0101011101 0101010001 1001100101 10011100001 100101010111 1 11010010101 1101110101 1101110101 1101110101 0101001101 11010010110 1101011111010 1 1100110001 0101111101 1111110001 0110011111 0111000101 1111010111 110111111111 1 11011100001 1110100101 10101010111 10111010111 1001111011 1111010101 101101011100 1 1111110101 1011000101 1011011110 0101110100 1111011101 1111111101 111101011111 1 11010001001 0101110001 0111010101 10001010101 1111011101 11001101010 11110010100110 1 1100010101 01000101010 1001100101 11010011110 01011001010 1101011101 010111110111 1 1011001101 1101101100 1001110110 1110110111 1101010101 1011111101 011110010101 1 1101110111 1101000111 0101110111 1001001100 10110010111 0101110111 011101010111 1 0111110111 0101110101 1111110101 0101001101 1001010111 1101011111 110101000111 1 11010100101 1001110001 0101010111 1011010001 1101010011 1100010101 101011100010010 1 0101000111 01001111101 1101011110 10101011101 00010111110 1101010101 100101001101 1 0111000101 1101010101 01000101001 1111010101 0101010101 1111010101 010111011111 1 1110110111 0101010111 0101001100 1111010001 0101110101 1001011111 100111110100 1 0111110111 1101011101 1111011101 1011000101 1111110001 1101011101 011101110100 1 1101010111 1110010001 1111111101 11010011001 0111000100 1101000101 10001111100110 1 1001010101 11110010111 1101010101 0100011101 101110011001 1111011101 1110011101110 1 1111010101 0111111101 0111110111 01010101000 10001011100 1111011101 110101011001 1 11001101010 1001001001 11000111110 1111110101 0101011101 100111111101 11001100101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 39
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 162
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 160
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; her, i, as, and, him, for, in, to, he are repeated.

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

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