This is an analysis of the poem Winter Walk that begins with:

The holly bush, a sober lump of green,
Shines through the leafless shrubs all brown and grey,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababbccadedeeb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 0101010101 1101011111 1111000111 0101010001 1100010101 0101010101 1101110101 0111011101 1001011111 0101000101 10010011101 0101110111 1111011101 0101111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 586
  • Average number of words per stanza: 109
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Winter Walk;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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