This is an analysis of the poem Winter Walk In A-Minor that begins with:

Red spheres often emerge from branches,
Snowed under softly and black by a long snowfall....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a b X X X X a b b a XXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111001010 110101110110 01100110 011011101001 1101110010 0110111001000 1010111110 1011011 011000110111 00101011 1111110 010101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 42
  • Average number of words per stanza: 7
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Winter Walk In A-Minor;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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