This is an analysis of the poem Winter Twilight that begins with:

ALONG the wintry skyline,
Crowning the rocky crest,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbdXefgfXfheiehXjgXeXeiadahjbjieXeabcb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 40,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0101011 100101 10110111 010101 0111011 010100 10010101 110101 0101010 011101 01010101 010001 0100010 110101 110100001 110111 1111010 010111 00010101 010011 0100010 110101 01010001 010011 1101010 100101 01000111 010101 1101010 101111 11010001 010101 0101110 010111 11010100 110001 1101110 110101 11110101 001101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1127
  • Average number of words per stanza: 202
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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 the, and are repeated.

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  • summary of Winter Twilight;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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