This is an analysis of the poem Cold! that begins with:

Come not to me with loveliness
Across the crying hill;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXa bcbc dede
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110101000 010101 11111100 111101 11010101 1101001 11111101 011101 11011101 1110110 11111111 1101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 118
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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.

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

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

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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