This is an analysis of the poem The Four Seasons : Winter that begins with:

See, Winter comes, to rule the varied year,
Sullen and sad, with all his rising train; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.

  • Rhyme scheme: abcdXdefgbadfchfgiabjkbajjdadblmkiXgdnjkgjabgdjcgdjdodjbjfbjejfpdXcpobahakjbjknblakbjffbfapjefXijfajfgcnqfapkjqqgfcgcjrpjdqbjagcjepXkofcpoibdlkgfijfalpadabdnfbbjsaldldnfhpoafjjfdjdjbjjlbepcdajdhXgdbfcpjcndXgfebdpbdffcXpkapbhcficjpgjdpjbgkfpjbfbbjgjbdXapjj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1069,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101010101 1011010101 1011110111 1101010101 11001010101 0101010101 1110110101 1111010111 1101000101 1111011101 1011011111 1011101101 1101010101 0011011101 1101010001 11010011111 0101000101 0111000101 1111000101 10101110101 0101010101 111010001001 1101010101 10010011101 0101010101 0101010001 1001010101 1101111101 0101010101 1111010101 1101010101 1101010100 0101010001 0101011101 1101011101 0101010001 1101010101 00010010101 1101010101 01110111001 11010100001 0100011101 110100100101 110010101001 1111000101 11011101001 01001010101 1011110101 1111110101 1101000111 1101010101 10011001101 11110100101 1101010111 1111110101 110100100010 0101011101 01010101001 1101010001 1101010101 0101101101 1101110101 01011100101 10010110001 1001010101 0101010101 1011000101 1101010101 1101010101 11100010101 01010100101 1101000101 1011110101 11010010101 1101011101 110010100101 1011010111 1111110001 10110000111 01110100010 1001011111 0111100101 1101010101 01000100101 1101011101 11010001001 10011100101 0101010111 1011010101 1100100111001 0101010111 1111110111 0111010101 110010100101 10110001100 1101110101 1001010101 0011010101 10011011101 11001010101 1101010101 0111010101 11111000101 11001011011 0111111101 1011010101 11010001001 1101010111 0101011101 1101010101 1111110101 01001111101 11111100101 111010101 0101010001 0111010001 1011011111 1001010101 010011100101 01010111001 0101010101 1001011101 1100011101 1001010101 1011010101 1101010101 0101010101 1101010101 11010101001 1011010101 1101010101 01010001100 0101010101 10101010101 0101110101 0101010101 0101110101 0100010101 0100011111 11110101001 01001111101 1101010001 01000100101 1011010011 1001110101 1101011011 01001010101 1001010101 1101011001 1001010101 1101010101 1101010101 1101010101 1101010101 1001010101 010010011011 10010010001 1011110101 1001010101 11001010101 1101010001 0101011011 1001000101 1101001101 1101010101 01010100101 1011110101 0001010001 010101001011 0101010101 01010101111 1111010111 11010011101 1011010101 1111010101 0101010101 1001000111 1101111101 0110010101 1101010101 1101010111 1001010101 1111010101 0101000101 11001010101 0101010101 1101011101 11001000101 1101110101 1101010101 1111110101 1111111101 1101010001 1001010111 11110101100 0111010101 1101110111 01110010101 1101000101 1100010101 1111111111 1111110101 1101000101 1101011101 110100001001 1101000110 11110010101 11010010101 1111010001 1101010101 1111110101 1001010101 11001110101 0101010101 1101010101 0111010101 1001111001 1111001110 1101010011 01001011111 0101011101 1001010101 0101011101 0101011101 1101010101 01001010101 1011110101 1011000101 101101001001 11110011101 1111111001 00010010101 1111010101 1101110111 0101010101 1111110101 1001010101 1101011111 01110011101 01011001001 11010011101 01010101010 1101010101 01101110101 1100010101 0101000111 10100001001 0101110101 01001110101 01001010111 0101011110 10111101001 1101010001 1111110110 1101010101 0101010101 1111010001 1100011101 11010011111 1110010101 1111010101 101101101001 0101011101 1101011101 1100110101 1001011111 0110100101 11011001001 00101010101 1101001101 11111100101 10010011001 01001011101 0100010101 1001110001 1101011111 1101010101 0011010101 10001110101 0011011101 0101010101 1101010101 0101011101 0101111101 0101010101 1001010101 1101111101 01001011101 1101110101 1101011101 0101010101 1101000101 1001110101 1111100101 110010101001 1001010011 1101010001 0101100001 010010101001 0101010001 1101110101 11000101001 0011110101 1011000101 1101011111 0101000101 10101010001 1001010101 1011000101 0101010101 01110100101 01011010101 0101010101 000100101110 0101010001 1111011101 11110111001 0101010111 11001010101 1101010101 1111000101 1101010101 11010110001 11110100101 1101010101 1101111101 1101010101 1101010001 11010001001 11010011101 11010001111 1101011101 1001011101 0111110101 0101110101 0100111101 1101000101 0101001101 0101010001 0101010101 1101100101 1101010101 10001110101 0101110101 1101010101 0101011101 0101101101 1101010111 0111010101 1101010101 11010100101 1001011101 11010001101 0101010011 1011010001 0101110101 10010101001 0101010101 11110101001 1101011001 0001000101 10010111001 1101111101 1101010101 1001010001 11001110101 0101010101 1011000101 1011010101 10100010101 0111000101 1101010001 11011001001 11111101001 1111011111 1101010101 0101110101 11010110101 1101010001 1011100101 1101010111 1101010011 100100101010 01011101001 1101000101 1101010001 11000011111 11001010101 1101010101 0101010101 1101001100 1101000101 1011110101 1011101111 01001010101 11010010101 1101110101 1011110101 1101110101 1101010101 11010010001 0101010111 1101010001 0101011011 10101011111 01001010101 1101010101 10100000101 0100111101 1101010001 0101010111 01010001101 1011110111 0111010101 0101010101 1101000101 10011100101 01011100111 01010100101 1111110011 1011010101 1101000101 110101001010 1101010001 0011010101 0101110101 0101010101 1101010101 0101010101 11010110101 01011100111 1111000101 1001011101 1110101111 0101110101 110010011101 0111011101 0101110101 01110011101 1100000101 0101010101 0100110101 11010100101 0101010111 1101010011 1001110101 1100111101 01010101100 01011101010 10010010101 1011010111 0101011101 0101110101 0101000101 11010100111 1110011001 0101011111 0101010101 1100010101 100101001001 0101010101 0101010001 11001000101 0101010101 1101010101 10110110101 1101011001 0101011101 010011100101 1011000101 1011000101 1101000101 10010101001 1001010111 1101010101 1100010101 1100010111 11010101001 11010100101 1101010101 1000010101 0101010001 11010101001 1111010101 1101011111 1101011001 01001001101 0101011011 101010101001 011010101 10010110001 01010010001 1101010101 010100101 10010011111 1100010101 11110100001 0101010101 01010011001 1111110101 1101011101 0101010101 1011000101 1001110101 11101010101 1011010001 0101010101 1101010101 1101010111 1001010001 10010011001 1100010001 1101010101 0111010101 0011011101 010011101001 10001010101 1101010101 1101000101 0101010001 10110010001 0101010101 100010100001 1101010101 1101110101 1001010111 1001010001 01111101010 11110010101 0111010101 1111100101 111110101 1101010101 1001110101 0101110111 1011010101 1101111101 01010010111 0101000101 111101000101 1011010001 1101111101 1111010111 10110100101 11010101101 1011011011 0111010101 1011010101 1001110101 1001010101 01010100101 1001010101 1111001101 1001010101 1111010101 0111000101 1111010101 0101010101 1101110101 11110001111 1110110101 1111011101 0101011101 0111010001 01010010101 1101110101 0101110101 1101011101 1101011101 1101011101 1111011101 10110100111 0101010101 11110101010 0011010101 1111000101 11010000101 0101011101 1101000101 110010111001 1110010011 01010000101 1111010101 1101010111 0101010101 11010111001 01000010101 1110110101 11110010111 0101110101 0111110101 1111010101 0101011111 1111011101 1100010011 01010110101 01001010101 01001010001 1101000101 110010000101 1101010101 1111010101 0101110111 1011001000 0101010111 0100110101 0101110001 1001011101 11010100101 1101011101 0101010101 1101010101 0101010101 1101010101 1101010101 11011101001 11010101010 1101011101 1101010101 11010101101 1100010111 0101010111 0101110101 1001011101 0111000111 1101010101 0101011101 0101000101 1101000101 0101010101 1011110110 1001010101 1011010101 0101010101 0101011011 0101010101 1100110111 1001010101 1101010101 010011001001 0101010101 101100111001 01100100101 1011100101 0111110010101 11001010101 0101011001 1100010101 1001010101 11001110101 1001010001 1101010101 0111011101 01011001111 11010100101 1111010101 11001011001 01010011101 10100010101 11010100010 1101010001 11010010011 0101010101 1101010101 1001011101 0101010011 11001101101 01110010101 0111010101 0101000001010 1100010101 100010001001 0101000101 1001010001 0101010101 11110110101 1101101101 1101010101 11111111001 10010010101 1001010101 1111110001 1011010101 10100101001 0101011001 001001011101 11001010101 11010110101 0100111111 01111101001 0111011101 1101010101 1001110101 11110010011 1001011011 1001010101 1101010111 1101000101 1001110011 0111010111 0101010001 1101010101 1101110101 1101010101 0101000101 0101010101 100101001 1101010101 0101110101 01010110001 0101011101 0101000101 1101010101 1111111111 01110101010 110001010101 0111010001 1001011111 1101010101 1101110111 1100010101 0011010101 11011101001 1011100101 01010010101 1101110111 1011100101 1111010101 01010101010 0101110101 0101010101 1101011101 0101110101 0101010101 0101010101 1001100101 0100010101 10010101001 1001010001 1101011111 0101010101 01010101001 1011010101 1101010101 11110100101 1011100101 01001100101 1001011101 1101010101 0101000111 1101110101 11010010101 0101110101 0101010101 1101010101 1001110001 0101011101 0101100101 10010010101 1101010101 11001010111 110010101001 1100011101 100010101001 1001011101 11010010101 01001010101 01001011111 11010101001 01001110101 01110100101 11010111001 1011101101 11001010101 0101011101 0101010101 11010101001 1101010101 1111000101 1101010101 11001110111 11010010101 0101010101 1101010101 1001000101 1001010101 1001100101 1101110101 1001011001 1101010101 1101010001 1100010001 0101010101 1100110101 0100001111 0101000101 11010101001 110010010101 1101000101 1101010001 1101011101 1011110101 1101011101 1101010101 1101000101 1101110101 11010010101 1001010101 0101011111 1101010101 0101010101 11001010111 10010111100 11010100101 1001010101 1101010101 11011011101 11001010101 11001000101 0101011111 1001010111 01010101001 1101010111 1101011101 1101001010001 1011010101 11010101100 1100110101 01001110101 1111010101 11010100101 1011010101 1001010101 11001010001 111010101 01001110101 1101011111 01011110001 01110101001 1101110101 100101000101 1101010101 1101011101 010100100101 1111110101 1111010111 11010110101 0101010011 1101010101 0101010101 1111110111 1111111101 0111011101 01001110101 1001111101 10111100101 0101111111 0011010101 11010011101 010110010010 1101111101 0101000101 10001010111 0101010101 1111010111 10101100101 1101010101 0101110111 1101010101 1111110101 1111010111 1111010101 110111001 0111000111 111010101 11001010101 11010010111 1101001101 1111010101 111010101001 1101110001 01010101010 01110010111 0101110111 01001110101 0101110101 110101101 1101010101 1101100101 11010011111 0101010101 110010010101 1011010101 10001001001 1101010001 1101010101 0101001101 10110100001 1101010101 1011110101 0111010101 1101000101 1101010001 1100000101 1111010001 1101011101 10010010001 1011110101 01011101001 11111101001 1011010101 1101110101 1001110101 0101010101 0101010101 01001000101 1101110101 101001011011 01001100101 1101010001 11010001001 1111000101 1101110111 01110101011 1100110101 1011111101 1101010101 1101110001 1101000101 0111001001 1001010101 01001100101 11010101001 1001100101 0101010001 1111110101 1011010101 1101010101 1111011111 1101010101 1001010101 11110101001 11010010101 1011110111 1100111101 0101011101 1111010101 101111001011 11010010001 1101010001 1101110011 0101000101 01010100111 110010010101 0101010111 0101010101 0101010101 11010100101 0101011101 1101010111 1101010011 01001010111 0101010101 1101011111 0101100110 1101010101 110100101001 01010101001 1001000101 1001010101 0101010101 1001010111 11010100101 10101010101 1101010101 00101010101 11011111010 0101011101 11110010101 0101010001 1101110101 1101110011 0110010101 1101011101 1101010101 11010111001 1101010101 10001110101 11010000101 0101000101 1001011101 1101010101 0101010001 10111011101 0101110111 1111010101 0111011101 11010010111 0101000101 1101111001 110100101001 0101011101 1101010001 11010100101 1101010101 0101001101 11100011101 1100110101 00101010101 1101010100 0101110101 1101010101 101010100101 1001010100 1001010101 1001011101 1001001001 1001010101 01001010101 1100110101 1101010101 0101011101 1101010101 1111010101 11010100101 110100101 1101010101 0100010111 1111011110 110001110101 1101010001 1101010111 1101110111 1101011001 0100110101 11011101001 1111011101 1010111111 1111010101 0101010101 0101001111 11010010101 010110100101 0101011101 01001010111 1101010101 0101100011 0101010101 0101011101 11011101001 01000101110 1101011101 1101010101 1101010011 0111110001 1011010101 0101011100 0100110011 0101111011 1101011011 0100011101 11010110001 0101111001 1101111101 0111011101 1111011101 0101110011 0101010101 11010010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 48042
  • Average number of words per stanza: 7935
  • Amount of lines: 1069
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, her, to, me, of, his, many, how, where, that, its, thy, now, our, pole, no, their, those, why are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words to, and, where, his, the, of, nor, much, or, from, they, their, here, a, how, thy, those, in are repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of The Four Seasons : Winter;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

More information about poems by James Thomson