This is an analysis of the poem The Snow-Drop that begins with:

Hail earliest of the opening flowers!
Fair Harbinger of vernal hours!... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbbbaaccddeeffggaabbdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11000010010 110001010 11011101 11010101 10110101 11010101 11110101 100010101 110100101 01010001 11110101 101100101 11110101 11010101 10110101 10000111 01010101 10010101 1101101 11010101 11010101 01010101 11010101 110100111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 828
  • Average number of words per stanza: 140
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • 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.

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  • summary of The Snow-Drop;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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