This is an analysis of the poem The Winters Are So Short that begins with:

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  • Rhyme scheme: X XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 0101110 010101 010101100 1100010 100010100 0101100 1100101110 110100000 01010000 110001000 01110100000 110100000 111101000 1101100 1100010000 1111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 112
  • Average number of words per stanza: 16
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; and is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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  • summary of The Winters Are So Short;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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