This is an analysis of the poem Snow In Europe that begins with:

Out of their slumber Europeans spun
Dense dreams: appeasements, miracle, glimpsed flash...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXabX caaac XXbdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 1011010101 11100010011 001101011101 0100111111 11110001 11010001 010110101 010101010101 1101110101 1111001101 0101110001 1101010101 0101110111 1111110111 111001011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 214
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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 Snow In Europe;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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