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

The snow will dust the roadway,
And load the roofs still more....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXa bcbc dXef XaXa gbeb hdXd bbXb hgig ifdfXdghg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0101011 110111 1111010 111101 101101 110101 1100010 111111 1100010 101101 1111010 100101 0101010 010111 0011110 1100011 110101 010101 1101010 110101 1111110 101101 1101010 011001 101101 0101001 1001000 1101111 1101010 100101 10011010 110101 1110010 10101 0101011 011111 111111 001011 100101 111100
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 108
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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; your is repeated.

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

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

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