This is an analysis of the poem Quand Par Le Dur Hiver... that begins with:
Quand par le dur hiver tristement ramenée
La neige aux longs flocons tombe, et blanchit le toit, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX Xaa XXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 11011010010 111110111001 1110111100 11101010111 101101111 111110111111 110111110110 100111101001 11011010110 11101111 101111111 1101101110011 10001010111 01100101011
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 171
- Average number of words per stanza: 32
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 48 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; il is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word par is repeated.
The author used the same word il at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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