This is an analysis of the poem Songs Of The Winter Days that begins with:

I.
The sky has turned its heart away,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a abab bcbc bbbb dbdb X dede dfdf gbgb hihi X dgdg ffXf bhXh dada X dgdg gigi gjgjXgcgc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,1,4,4,4,4,1,4,4,4,4,1,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 01110101 010101 01010101 110001 01011111 110111 01010111 010101 11011001 010001 01010001 111101 11011111 001001 11010001 111101 1 01110101 110101 01110101 010101 10010011 111001 01011101 111111 11011101 110101 11011101 110101 110100111 010111 11111111 010101 1 11010101 110101 01011111 111111 01110101 110001 11010111 010001 01010111 110101 01010110 111101 11010111 110101 110000101 111101 1 01010101 010111 11010111 111001 11011101 111101 11010111 110101 11011101 010101 01110111 010101 111101001 110101 11000101 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 20
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 101
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 70
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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; and, in are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, heed, a are repeated.

    The author used the same words the, and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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