This is an analysis of the poem Winter Journey Over The Hartz Mountain that begins with:

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Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXcd efeghiifhbbba jgbhX kgbbj kebagl bgjhXXegXgdkbbgk cXjcfjjfX ibggji XlkbbdllcjbkbkbbXiffbhga
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,13,5,5,6,16,9,6,24,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010 1110101 0101100 1101 1011 1011 10101 0101 10101 11010 0011 11110 11100 10110 0110100 010110 11011 11110 11010 100111 10010 11010 1001001 1011000100 1110010 101011 1011011 1001001 111101 00101001 011010 110010 0101101 010101 1110010 0110110 10110 10100010 101110100 101010 11101 001001 01011100 1001111 10011010 111001 1010101 1001010 110101 0010 111011 110101000 101001 1101001 0011011 10110 01010010 1010010 1010001 101011 01111 010101 01010101 0101 110110 011001 1011 101111 1010010 11011 001010010 10010 001101 1011011 10101001 1001 11001001 110011010 110010 101010 101010 11010100 1100001 11001001 1101 010110100 110010110 11110
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 231
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 88
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (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; his is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

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  • summary of Winter Journey Over The Hartz Mountain;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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