This is an analysis of the poem A January Morning that begins with:
The glittering roofs are still with frost; each worn
Black chimney builds into the quiet sky ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXXaabbaXaaXcc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 01001110111 1101000101 0101010100 1101010101 01010101011 1011010101 1101110101 0100110111 1101110101 01110010111 1011010111 1111110101 1111011111 01101110101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 670
- Average number of words per stanza: 109
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- 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 is repeated.
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