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

The storm wind covers the sky
Whirling the fleecy snow drifts,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCDXcXeXXXeXdXfDGBDXaXfABCDDGBD
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 32,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0111001 1001011 101101 100101011 1100011 111001 11001100 1011101 1101010 01011 1111110 1001011 1010001 1011111 11110100 10010110 111101 011101 11101101 11110010 110101010 10010101 110101011 101100010 0111001 1001011 101101 100101011 111101 011101 11101101 11110010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1013
  • Average number of words per stanza: 189
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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.

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  • summary of Winter Evening;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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