This is an analysis of the poem Ballads Of Four Seasons: Winter that begins with:

The courier will depart next day, she's told.
She sews a warrior's gown all night. ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 01000011111 11010111 01010101 11110101 0101110101 10010111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 248
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 6
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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