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

Golden and white in the garden walk,
Chrysanthemums gather their bravest show,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd ecec dfdf agag hchc ijij kdkd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 101100101 0100101101 110101101 110010101 1100101011 1010100101 110101101 1101100101 110100111 1010010101 10011101 0101101001 1110110111 1011010111 110100111 0011100101 1001011101 100100101 100100111 1001001001 1110101101 110110101 1110101101 1101101101 100110101 00100101111 10011101 11100110101 111100101 111101101 1101110111 100101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 158
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words no, and are repeated.

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

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

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