This is an analysis of the poem Book Of Timur - The Winter And Timur that begins with:

So the winter now closed round them
With resistless fury. Scattering...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcXcdXeabfgafgadXfXhggXfgXdeheXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 33,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101110 010010100 10101110 1011111 0010100 10011010 00101010 10101011 10101011 100101010 10100010 11101110 11101010 00101010 11100010 10101111 11111010 11111100 11101010 1010101 11101110 100101110 01111110 11101010 001010011 11111010 10101110 1111111 11111111 11101110 11101011 101110010 101010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1122
  • Average number of words per stanza: 190
  • Amount of lines: 33
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words thou, not are repeated.

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