This is an analysis of the poem Lines that begins with:
PLACED OVER A CHIMNEY-PIECE
Surly Winter, come not here;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X aabbccaaddeeffXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,16,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1100101 1010111 1001101 1010101 1011101 101001010 010101010 1110111 10010101 1011111 1010101 1010101 1110111 1111101 11011101 01000110 11010001
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 274
- Average number of words per stanza: 47
- Amount of lines: 17
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words other, love are repeated.
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