This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet Lxxviii. Snowdrops that begins with:

WAN Heralds of the sun and summer gale!
That seem just fallen from infant Zephyrs' wing;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdefefXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
  • Metre: 1100011101 11110010101 1111010111 11011101001 1011010111 0101010111 1101010101 0111010101 11110101001 1111010001 1111110101 1101011101 0101111110 1101110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 624
  • Average number of words per stanza: 110
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Sonnet Lxxviii. Snowdrops;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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