This is an analysis of the poem In The Winter that begins with:

In the winter, flowers are springing;
In the winter, woods are green,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababXbcb adXdabab aeaefbfb ghghXdbd gcgcijij
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 001010110 0010111 11101110 1110101 1110110 0110101 10101110 10010101 10101010 1111111 10101110 1010101 01101110 0110101 11101010 00101011 11101110 0010011 11111010 1011101 10111110 1110011 10101010 1000101 10100110 1010111 00101010 0010101 11111100 1010110 11101010 1110111 01101010 0110101 10111110 1011100 10111010 1010011 11110010 10111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 255
  • Average number of words per stanza: 47
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; while, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words in, where, while, the, is, but are repeated.

    The author used the same word while at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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