This is an analysis of the poem On Snow that begins with:
From Heaven I fall, though from earth I begin,
No lady alive can show such a skin.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccddbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 01011101101 1100111101 011110111010 110111111010 11011011111 11011011001 11101001011 01001011001 11011011010 010010010010
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 440
- Average number of words per stanza: 83
- Amount of lines: 10
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i is repeated.
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