This is an analysis of the poem A Child Of The Snows that begins with:

There is heard a hymn when the panes are dim,
And never before or again, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXa XbXb aXXcXcaca
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010110111 11001101 1011100101 10100101 1011101101 01101101 10100100101 10100101 1111100101 101001010 110011111 101101001 011110111 10100101 011110111 1011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 158
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; at, lie are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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  • summary of A Child Of The Snows;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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