This is an analysis of the poem A Calendar Of Sonnets: January that begins with:

O Winter! frozen pulse and heart of fire,
What loss is theirs who from thy kingdom turn ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabbaXcddccd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 11010111010 1101101101 0111110101 01110011010 01110111110 0100010111 01011111011 01011111010 0101 111111 0101010101 11110101101 1110110101 1101011001 0100010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 634
  • Average number of words per stanza: 115
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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