This is an analysis of the poem Before The Snow that begins with:
NOW soon, ah, very soon, I know
The trumpets of the north will blow,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabaccXcbbcb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11110111 01000101 10110101 01110001 100010101 110011001 100010101 01010101 11011101 11011101 11011101 010100001
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 420
- Average number of words per stanza: 78
- 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 punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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