This is an analysis of the poem There 'Use' To Be A Winter In New England that begins with:

Pretty soon people will be complaining,
About getting any snow at all....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABcBA dece CFef XXdXXCFABBA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,4,4,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 1011000010 011010111 01000110 11011 101001001 00101011001001 110110101 1001 101011011101 110000100110 01001 110111101 01011101 110011010010001 1101101 11101 0100101 110000100110 01001 1011000010 011010111 11011 101001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 159
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 23
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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  • summary of There 'Use' To Be A Winter In New England;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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