This is an analysis of Song of the Sand Storm by Andrew Jackson Downing.

I am the pitiless Sand Storm,
The whelp of a tameless breed-…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: Xabba Xcddc Xedde efggfXegeeg
  • Stanza lengths: 5,5,5,11,
  • Metre: 11010011 01001001 1101011001 11001011001 10110111 110011010 1001101 11111001001 11001111011 0110101 11010110 0101101 1100100111 10010011001 1100111 010010010 11011011 1100100101 0111010101 0101111 010010110 10101101 1010101101 010110111 10110101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 25

Repeated words/phrases

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