This is an analysis of the poem The Snowflake Which Is Now And Hence Forever that begins with:
Will it last? he says.
Is it a masterpiece?...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXaX bXX Xab XX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,3,3,2,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 00111 000101 01010101010 10100001 101000101 111100111 1001011101 0011011011 1101111101010 0101010001 1101 111100010
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 104
- Average number of words per stanza: 20
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of is repeated.
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- summary of The Snowflake Which Is Now And Hence Forever;
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- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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