This is an analysis of the poem Winter Dream that begins with:

Oh wind-swept towers,
Oh endlessly blossoming trees,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaabXacb XdXca cXXdaaXXbaXbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,5,13,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110 11001001 111101 1100111001010 01110100 1100111 1100010101 1001001 11010100111 10110101011 0100101100 010101100 1011001011 010111111 11010010 0101110101 1010001111111 11010 11110110 101001010 011100 101111111 1011001 1010110 1101011101 1110110111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 348
  • Average number of words per stanza: 55
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (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; and, april, of are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Winter Dream;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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