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

It smelt of new rains and of tender
Shoots of plants- and its warmth was the warmth...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXaa X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010111010 101101101 011011101 111110111 111010011 11010111 100101101 0100110
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 151
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of is repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

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

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