This is an analysis of the poem To ---- that begins with:

When we first met, dark wintry skies were glooming,
And the wild winds sang requiem to the year;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xabababa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111101010 10111100001 11011101110 1111110101 11110101010 10110100101 11110100010 1111011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 381
  • Average number of words per stanza: 69
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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