This is an analysis of the poem Winter In The Country that begins with:

Sweet life! how lovely to be here
And feel the soft sea-laden breeze ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaX XcXc dede dfbf bfbfXcbcb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110001 11011101 11110101 11010101 11010101 01110101 01011101 110000101 101100111 11010101 01110001 11010101 11010101 101010101 11010001 01011011 01011101 11010111 01001100 11010111 01011111 01010101 01000111 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 143
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; and is repeated.

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

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