This is an analysis of the poem Snowdrops that begins with:
Do you know what I was, how I lived? You know
what despair is; then...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aba XcXXdbcd bX X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,8,2,1,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
- Metre: 11111111111 10101 10111011 10101001 1010111001 0100101 011110 10001010100 1011101001 0011 010001 011101101 10111 00110011
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 102
- Average number of words per stanza: 20
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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; you, i, to are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Snowdrops;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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