This is an analysis of the poem Neither Snow that begins with:

When all of a sudden the city air filled with snow,
the distinguishable flakes...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdd XXefbfgh fcic Xehb cXgihdba
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,8,4,4,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100100101101 0010001 1011 111 1001010101 11111101 001010 111100010 11011101 00101000101 110010010 011111 11010110 101010110 110101000100 001001 10000101010 1101001 101110 01010110 1111101001 111000101 11101 1000111 100011001 0101010 1010 10111 1101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 178
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 29
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of is repeated.

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  • summary of Neither Snow;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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