This is an analysis of A Mountain Storm by Katharine Lee Bates.

OUR blue sierras shone serene, sublime,
When ghostly shapes came crowding up the air,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbaaaaccaddXeeaffagg
  • Stanza lengths: 21,
  • Metre: 1101010101 1101110101 10001101101 1111101101 10000010101 1101010001 1001001111 0101000101 1011000101 11010111001 11110101001 1101110101 1001111101 0101111101 11001010101 11011000111 1101110101 11000100111 1111110101 0111010101 1011000101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 21

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