This is an analysis of the poem Mid-Winter Monody that begins with:
There's a bleak, black world without,
And the rain falls fast;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaabcXc dbebbfbX ghghDHDh eaeaeeee ghghhhhh hfhfDHDX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1011101 10111 101001101 10101 0110101 0111 10100110 0101 111010111 111001 10101111 101011 1101101 1101 0110101 11111 101101 11101 001101101 101001 1100101 11111 1101001 11101 111101 11011 110111 11111 101011 11101 01101001 11111 1111101 01001 10001101 11111 1001001 10111 00100101 111111 1011011 101011 1011111 11111 1100101 11111 1101001 111010
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 220
- Average number of words per stanza: 43
- Amount of lines: 48
- 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:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, i, for are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
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- summary of Mid-Winter Monody;
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