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

Sharp is the night, but stars with frost alive
Leap off the rim of earth across the dome.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabbaccdXXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1001110101 1101010101 00010101011 11011000111 1111111101 0110000101 1101011101 0101010101 1101111101 1101010001 0111111111 11011111001 0100010010 1000110011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 620
  • Average number of words per stanza: 119
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Winter Heavens;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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