This is an analysis of the poem Oh, Snows So Pure! that begins with:
OH, snows so pure ! oh, peaks so high !
I lift to you a hopeless eye.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aa bb cc dd ee cc dd ff bb dXXaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,5,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111111 11010101 11110111 01010101 11110111 10010111 11110011 01010101 111111010 111101010 11110111 11111101 11110111 01010001 11011111 101011111 11111101 10011110 11111101 101111010 11111111 11111111
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 71
- Average number of words per stanza: 14
- Amount of lines: 22
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
The author used the same words i, and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Oh, Snows So Pure!;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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