This is an analysis of the poem Interlude: The Window And The Hearth that begins with:

Twice now that lucid fiction of the pane
dissolves, the sphere that winter's crystal bane ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXbccddeeaafXggbbhhii jjXdjjaaddhhbbffkkffffkkkkdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 22,28,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1111010001 0101110101 1101011000 11010001001 1001010111 1101110101 1101100111 0011010111 011110001101 11010100001 1101010111 1101000101 1111010101 11111101100 01010101101 11011010101 11001010101 111010111101 0101100101 1101111101 1101011101 11001010100 10010010101 0011010101 0101010110 0111010101 11011001010 11111101010 0111100101 0101010101 1100110101 1111110101 1101010101 010010011011 1001011101 0101010101 1011110101 11011100101 0100010101 0101010101 0101000101 1001110101 010011101 1101011111 1101011101 0011001101 1000111101 01011101011 1101010101 1010010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1133
  • Average number of words per stanza: 197
  • Amount of lines: 50
  • 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.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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  • history of its creation;
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