This is an analysis of the poem In Snow-Time that begins with:
I have seen things that charmed the heart to rest:
Faint moonlight on the towers of ancient towns,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXXaabba XcaacX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 1111110101 11110100101 10001010110 0111010101 1011010101 10110101001 11011100001 1101010111 11011011010 0111000010010 0101110011 1001110111 01010100110 1101110011
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 324
- Average number of words per stanza: 59
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- 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; peace is repeated.
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