This is an analysis of the poem A Brave Refrain that begins with:
When snow is here, and the trees look weird,
And the knuckled twigs are gloved with frost;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcD efefgdgD hihiXdXD XXbbdD
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 110110111 101011101 1011000101 1011100101 101010101 1010010101 1010011101 1100110101 1011110101 101010101 1011110101 1011110101 1010100101 1010100101 110100011 1100110101 1011110101 111110101 1011100101 101111111 101110101 1010110101 10100101 1100110101 10 101010101001 10100101 1010011111 1100110101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 243
- Average number of words per stanza: 48
- Amount of lines: 30
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (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; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
The author used the same word when at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word refrain at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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