This is an analysis of the poem The Lost Winter that begins with:

Deep-hearted as an untried joy
The warm light blushes on the bay,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabc aXXa Xdbd eafa ghbh iajX dhbh difi dkXk jlhl blbl gmnm Xjnb jbmb Xealc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011011 01110101 11011100 00110100 10110111 11011100 01011111 11000101 110101001 01010101 11010101 01110011 11010101 11000101 11000101 10110101 11010111 01010111 11010101 01110101 10010101 00110101 01010101 01010010011 11111101 11111101 11010101 01011101 10110001 10110101 11010101 11010101 01010101 01110111 011010 010010101 01010011 010010111 11011111 11011101 11010101 01000101 11010101 001010111 1111101 11010001 11010111 11011111 1110100 01110111 11010101 11110101 01011100 11010111 011001000 11110100 11010011 01111101 11010101 11101100
  • Amount of stanzas: 15
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 135
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 74
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, the, what, there are repeated.

    The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of The Lost Winter;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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