This is an analysis of the poem Improvisations: Light And Snow: 03 that begins with:

The first bell is silver,
And breathing darkness I think only of the long scythe of time....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbcdefXdXcfabXeXfc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 19,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011010 110101110001101 0101010 111001011010 10001011011001 01101011 110101111001 0111010111001000 01101001 1110101001101 10101001 1111 01101110 1000101 110111000 101010011 011010010 101000111011 10111000010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 768
  • Average number of words per stanza: 147
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and are repeated.

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