This is an analysis of the poem Winter Midnight that begins with:

After our fond, reiterate farewells
In the shadow of the wall, between the lamplight and the moon,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXXcdXbcXadXXXcXXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 19,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011010111 001100101010101 111101110111 01011100 000101000111 11110011010101 110111 11111100101 110101 1110110100101 111001 101001011 111101 110111 1111110100 0011101010011 1110111010100 11010010 1100011010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 762
  • Average number of words per stanza: 138
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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  • summary of Winter Midnight;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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