This is an analysis of the poem Lines Written In Hospital that begins with:

Upon a snowy bed I lie,
Too placid to complain,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcc dbdbaa eaeaff gagXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010111 110001 11011101 011101 01010011 11010101 11010101 110001 01110011 010101 11010111 11110111 10011101 010101 11010111 011101 01010101 11010101 10111111 110101 01010011 110100 11110101 01110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 187
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of is repeated.

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

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  • summary of Lines Written In Hospital;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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