This is an analysis of The Dirge Of The Winds by Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
The four winds of earth, the North, South, East, and West,
Shrieked and groaned, sobbed and wailed, like the soul of unrest.…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbcXdd bbeeffddgghhcX bbddiiffaaXa ddddXX jjccaagX ggXhdddX cckkbbdX
- Stanza lengths: 8,14,12,6,8,8,8,
- Metre: 01101011111 111111101001 11001001101 11011001001 10011101011 11111011111 10111011011 11101111101 100101101111 101111011111 101001011111 111011001101 10100111001 101011101001 1011110111001 01101111001 101111111111 01101101001 11111101001 01001011011 10011010011 000000101011 11111001101 101001011001 11101001101 101011101011 101011111001 111011011111 11100101101 100101101001 11001101001 111101111011 11001101001 101001111101 1100101011 101011101011 101011011001 101011001001 101011101001 00101001100 11101011001 1111001001 101011101011 11001001011 101011011111 111001001101 111111101101 111010111001 01001111001 11111001011 101001011101 101101001001 01011111001 111101101001 01001001001 110110010110 01011101011 100000101011 11011011001 01001001001 1111111001 101111101111 101011001011 111101111101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 7
- Lines: 70
Repeated words/phrases
and, of, that, this, he, we, to
Anaphora
for, and
