This is an analysis of the poem The Shepherds Calendar - January- Winters Day that begins with:
Withering and keen the winter comes
While comfort flyes to close shut rooms... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccddccddXXeeaaaaXfgghhXihhgghhjjddaabbkkhhaaXXaalljjhXffmmnnddhhddjjmmffaannkkbbnXffggffhhddllaaaahhjmaahhffhhddkkccXaffnnXchhaakkddeejjiiddhhnnffdXhhffnniiaaaamjcccchhkkaaiiXdXneeeeafbbddnnhonnnnddhhXXppXiccjjnnllaahhaaohhh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 228,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 100110101 11010111 11010101 11010101 11010111 01010101 11010101 10010101 11111101 11010101 10010101 01011101 11110100 110011110 11001101 111111001 11010001 01001101 11011101 11010111 11011110 10111101 10010111 10110101 11110101 11010101 11010010 11011101 11110101 11010111 01011101 100010101 10010001 1011101 11011101 10011101 110011001 11111101 1010101 10010111 010101001 11110101 111100101 110011101 11011101 11010101 11110101 01010101 01010111 11110101 110111001 01010101 111101010 110101010 10010101 01010101 11011101 010010101 10110101 10110101 11110111 01010101 11011101 1010101 11110101 10010101 11110101 11011101 10010111 11010101 10011101 01110101 11110101 01110101 01011101 01110101 11011101 11010101 11011101 01110111 1111101 11010101 11010101 11011101 11010101 110011101 11010101 01011101 110011101 110100101 10110101 11110101 11011101 11111101 1011011 11100101 110111010 101101010 11011101 010111001 011101001 110101001 10010101 01010111 10110101 11010101 101101001 11111101 11111101 11110101 101100101 01110101 11011101 010101001 11111111 11010101 110010101 01010111 10010001 01010101 11011101 10111111 11010101 010010101 11010101 11010101 01111110 10010101 100010101 11011111 100111001 11111101 11011101 01010101 11111101 110100100 01010101 11010101 10010101 11110101 11010101 110010001 10110101 11111101 01010101 10010101 01001101 110011101 11001101 11110101 11110101 11010110 10110101 11110101 11011111 01010101 11010101 11010101 1101101 11100101 10011101 01010101 01000101 11110111 10010101 1010101 11111101 11011111 01110101 01011101 11010111 11010101 11111101 11010101 110111010 10001010 11111101 11011101 11011110 01111101 11010111 11111101 01010101 11010101 11000101 10011101 01110101 11010101 11111001 11011101 11010001 11111101 10010101 110101011 01011101 11010010 11010101 01110101 11011101 11010101 11011100 01010101 01111101 10110101 01010101 11110011 101100101 11011101 11110010 11110001 01010101 01111101 10010111 10010101 110010101 10010101 11010010010 010101010 11110101 11110101 11010101 01000101 11011111 010101001 1110100 110011111 11010101 01010101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 7773
- Average number of words per stanza: 1441
- Amount of lines: 228
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, his are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, the, nor are repeated.
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