This is an analysis of In The Storm by Madison Julius Cawein.

Over heaven clouds are drifted;
In the trees the wind-witch cries;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abaXbbabXbXc X deddeedeXffc
  • Stanza lengths: 12,1,12,
  • Metre: 10101110 0010111 10101010 10111110 1011111 1110001 11011100 1011011 1011111 11111110 11101100 1011101 1 10101010 1011101 10111010 10111110 1011101 1011101 11011010 1011111 1111111 11111010 11111010 0111101
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 25

Repeated words/phrases

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