This is an analysis of the poem Snow-Bound: A Winter Idyl that begins with:

To the Memory of the Household It Describes
This Poem is Dedicated by the Author:... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: ab c d daefghhgi ddffdchhhhgjjgeeee aaaaffaakkhh hhiilliijj ffaaXmfffhXllaagggghhnnmm oXddllllgggppaaffhhgghhqqhh eefffrrjjgghhooggeeqqff hhrrrrrrhheeiiiiiiddggmmdcX gggfffrrhhmm hheehhhhhhXgmmhhllgg ggllddffllffmmXefaafgXggehhhaadddofofggeXggggdpd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,1,1,9,18,12,10,25,27,23,27,12,20,81,28,23,43,28,14,46,42,30,36,17,27,24,15,28,17,41,25,20,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 001000011001 010010001010 10010010010001101000100110101101001100111011101101101000101110110011001110001010010100 111 100011010001 01011101001 1110010101 11110101010 1101110101 011100101001 011111010001 01010010101 001100100010100011 01110101 11010101 11010111 01011101 110101001 011100100 01010111 01010101 01111101 01111111 01110001 111101001 01100101 01000111 01111101 01010101 11011101 101101111 11101101 10010101 10011001 11011101 10110101 11010111 01010101 01011111 11000101 01010101 01010101 110100101 100110111 01110001 01110001 11100101 110100011 11100011 11010111 01110101 11010111 10111101 11110111 01010101 01010101 01010101 0101110 110101001 11010101 11010101 11011111 010100101 01100100 11011101 01010111 01010101 1100111110 11111111 11011101 01110111 01011111 01011111 01111111 01110011 110011101 00110101 01010100 01010111 1101010010 11110101 11010111 11011111 010011111 01111101 11010101 11011101 01011101 010010111 01100101 10110111 010010101 010110010 11010101 110101001 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  • Amount of stanzas: 33
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 891
  • Average number of words per stanza: 150
  • Amount of lines: 794
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; of, spirits, by, and, or, we, no, he, her, in, what, its, with are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, a, what, we, no, and, or, i, for, its are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines gray is repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase rest connects the lines.

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