This is an analysis of the poem Fire Of Snow that begins with:

Pale fire of snow had lit the dusk for me:
Astray with mind half-consciously intent...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Abbacbbc Adedae
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 11001110111 0101110001 1111011100 100111101 1011110100 1111110111 1101010111 0111010100 11001110111 1011011101 1101010101 0111011101 11110010101 1001000111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 310
  • Average number of words per stanza: 56
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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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