This is an analysis of the poem The Eternal Snows that begins with:

Above the rugged realm of fir and pine,
Aggressive pinnacles, supreme and high,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabca decedb
  • 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: 0101010111 0101000111 0101010101 1000011101 0101010101 1111010111 0111010100 11000010101 1101101101 0101000001 1101110100 1101110101 1001001011 1001011110
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 290
  • Average number of words per stanza: 50
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of The Eternal Snows;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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