This is an analysis of the poem Snowflakes that begins with:
A little curly-headed god
Through asphodel came creeping, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd aeaefefe gbgbhehe
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01010101 1100110 11010101 1101010 011100101 0111010 01010001 0100010 01010111 1101110 00010101 01010010 01010111 11110010 11101001 0100010 01010101 1101010 01011101 1111010 01010101 1101010 11110111 1100010
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 258
- Average number of words per stanza: 44
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
The author used the same word his at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Snowflakes;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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