This is an analysis of the poem Mist And Frost that begins with:

Veil-like and beautiful
Gathered the dutiful...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabccb ddXXab XdbXdb cXebbe eebXfb aXbbbX gghiih bbjXXj kkcXXc eekdXk Xddeed aadXdd XefddfXccdaad
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111100 100100 1001 100100 101100 1011 101100 101100 1010 101100 101100 1001 100100 101100 1011 11010 10110 1001 101100 101000 10110 100100 111100 10010 11010 100010 1001 10100 110010 01101 100100 10010 1001 101100 111000 1011 100100 100100 1101 01110 01010 1001 100100 1001100 1001 11110 10010 1001 10010 1010 1101 100100 110100 1011 111010 110010 11011 010110 011110 1111 100100 010100 1011 101100 111110 0101 101100 100100 1011 0010100 110110 01001 11100 110010 010001 01010 001010 1001 101110 110010 01101 10100100 0100100 1001
  • Amount of stanzas: 14
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 124
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 84
  • Average number of symbols per line: 20 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • 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 a is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines is, it are repeated).

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Mist And Frost;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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