This is an analysis of the poem The Snow Is Deep On The Ground that begins with:
The snow is deep on the ground.
Always the light falls ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abX aaCb acXCX aXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,4,5,3,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: rondeau
- Metre: 0101101 11011 1011010110 00001 0111 111011 11011110 100111 0110010 101010111 111011 11011011 010100101 111010101 1011010110
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 118
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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