This is an analysis of the poem The Coming Of Winter that begins with:

_Stanzas from 'Onegin'_
Our Northern Winter's fickle Summer,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X abcbdeaeXfgfXX cdhdcgdgdddff ddfdaidicbcbee jihiXkbkXfdfii X Xfafdfafabkble X adfdjafabdddbb X cfXffkdkcmXmiXXfbcbdckcglllji
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,14,13,14,14,1,14,1,14,1,29,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 100100 110101010 11010111 010100010 11011001 100101010 01010101 0101001010 10010101 010101110 01010111 010101011 10010111 10010011 01010101 0100101010 01000101 011101011 01010111 0100101110 010100101 010101010 11110111 10110101 0101011101 01010111 01010101 01110101 110111010 110101001 010101110 01010101 010111010 111100001 110101010 11010101 101101010 01110101 110101010 11110101 101111001 10010111 110100010 11010100 111101011 10010101 111101110 01110111 010101111 01010111 110101110 11011101 011100010 11110111 10110101 11010101 0100 011101010 01010101 110101010 01011101 111100110 11110011 110001110 10010101 0111110010 01011001 100111010 110010001 11000101 10010001 0100 1100010010 110101001 010111010 111100101 100101010 011101010 010101010 010111010 111101010 01010111 110111010 11010101 01010101 11010101 0100 110101010 111100101 010111010 11010101 010101010 00110111 010101010 11111101 111111010 11100111 110111100 01110111 10110111 1010100 011111010 11010111 110001010 10101101 1001011101 01010100 111101010 11011100 011110010 11111101 010101011 110010101 011101010 11010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 336
  • Average number of words per stanza: 57
  • Amount of lines: 118
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; what, that are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and, his, all are repeated.

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