This is an analysis of the poem The Snowfall that begins with:
Oh the slow fall of snow,
Its unending blanketing swirl!...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXcXd eXdfcc bebfXe abcdeX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 101101 00101001 11111101 01100110 1001111 01110 1110101 1101110100 011001001 0110110 11110011 11010101 0111111 010101010 01011010 1111100110 11101001 11010001011 1011101 11011001 01001111101 11111101 11010111101 11110101001
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 217
- Average number of words per stanza: 37
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of The Snowfall;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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