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

Two evils, monstrous either one apart,
Possessed me, and were long and loath at going:...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd ebeb abab fdfd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101010101 01110111110 0101010001 100101001010 11110110111 110111001110 1110010101 10111101110 1001100101 111100111010 0111111101 101011101010 11110100101 11010111110 1111011111 01110111110 1111011111 111101101010 01110010111 11010100010
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 189
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, my are repeated.

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