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

Winter is icummen in,
Lhude sing Goddamm,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXaXXaXXXaXXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001000 1110 1011101 110111 110 1011101 11111 10101010 11110 1010111110 110101 1101110 1101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 181
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 13
  • 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; goddamm, sing are repeated.

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

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

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase goddamm connects the lines.

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

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