This is an analysis of the poem Song that begins with:

Coldly the night-wind shivers on the hill-top,
Cold crawls the pale-faced fog from off the sea;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXa aaXa baba
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 10011101011 1101110101 11011101010 1111110101 111111010011 1111010101 11010101011 1111110111 11011101010 01001110101 101101101110 11111010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 182
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Song;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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