This is an analysis of The Storm by Katherine Mansfield.

I Ran to the forest for shelter,
Breathless, half sobbing;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abcXXXXadXecffbedXXefcbX
  • Stanza lengths: 24,
  • Metre: 110010110 10110 1111101 1001101011 10010111010110 1011010111111 0111001001 01010010 011110111011 11011011010 1011111101101 1 1010110111010 0100101111011 10 001001001101 10101011011101 111101111011 1 101101111100010 101101101 1100100101001 111110111110 1011010110001
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 24

Repeated words/phrases

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