This is an analysis of the poem A Meeting that begins with:

… O'er uplands fresh swift sped my sleigh…
A light snow fell; along the way...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabccb ddecce ccfggf ddahha XaXhhX iiaiia
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101011111 01110101 1111010 01010101 01011111 1101010 11110101 01010101 0101010 11010111 01111101 01110010 10010111 100111101 0111100 11111111 11011111 0111110 01111111 11010011 1001011 11100101 01101101 10100101 01111101 11010000 1111010 11011101 11010111 1001110 01010101 01010101 0101111 01111101 01010101 111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 204
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, a, you, in are repeated.

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  • summary of A Meeting;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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