This is an analysis of the poem Night Of Frost In May that begins with:

With splendour of a silver day,
A frosted night had opened May:... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabcbXdbdbebeb Xacaffff cgcghihicXcjXk bXbbjbjbaaii ffbkXkcXbbgcgXllbbllXc XbllakkXbmbm
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,8,14,12,22,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01000101 01011101 1111011001 11110111 01010101 01111110 01110101 010100111 01110101 01010111 01010101 11011111 01010101 01011101 0011010 010101001 11010101 11010101 01000101 11010101 11011111 01100101 11111101 11010101 10110001 01000101 01010101 010110001 11010101 01000111 11010101 01110110 10010101 01010101 11010100 01110101 01010101 111101110 01011101 1101011011 11010100 01010011 01010101 01011101 01010101 11010101 01010101 01011101 11010101 11110101 11010101 11010111 110101000 11010111 11000101 010111010 11011101 10110101 01010001 01010101 10110101 1100001010 11000101 11010101 11110111 01010111 11010111 11000101 110101010 11010101 11010110 11110111 01000111 11111101 11110001 11011111 110010111 01100100 101101001 11111111 11010101 11010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 477
  • Average number of words per stanza: 86
  • Amount of lines: 82
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; of, to, i are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, where, nor, a, then are repeated.

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