This is an analysis of the poem Shivering And Not Singing that begins with:

Cold and freezing in low degrees,
Leaving people to turn up their collars....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aAbA XXAcA CbbdAE XACBfAEAEXCBfAEdAdEdAdf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,6,23,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11100101 1010011110 10111101 1010011110 1101010 10110101 1010011110 01011111011 1010011110 110101111 11010 1111 1 1001110011 10011010001 10110101 1010011110 110101111 110101111 1 1001110011 10011010001 1001110011 10011010001 110101111 110101111 1 1001110011 10011010001 1 1001110011 1 10011010001 1 1001110011 1 10011010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 247
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 37
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, shivering are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word shivering is repeated.

    The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same words collars, alone at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Shivering And Not Singing;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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