This is an analysis of the poem Winter's Night that begins with:

Winter's Night
O the small wind is frigid and spare...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaaXXbbb Xcccc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101 101101011 11001111 11111001 01101111 11011 1111 01110011001 1111101001 101001001101 010011 11011 110101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 217
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 13
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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.

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  • summary of Winter's Night;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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