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

Though leafless are my trees-
My trees so tall and stately- ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdabaXaeXe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110111 1111110 110001 1111010 110111 1111010 110101 1101010 1111010 1111110 1111010 010111 110101 0100110 011111 0101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 447
  • Average number of words per stanza: 80
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my is repeated.

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