This is an analysis of the poem The Winter's Spring that begins with:

The winter comes; I walk alone,
I want no bird to sing; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcc dcdcbb cecebb fbfbee dXXbbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01011101 111101 01111111 0100001 110011101 01010101 11010101 010101 01011101 110101 11010111 110101001 11010101 010101 11010101 110101 01011101 1011111001 11010101 111101 01010101 1110101 01100101 010101001 00010001 110101 11000101 1101001 01110101 10110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 198
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; to, snow are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word a is repeated.

    The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word spring at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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