This is an analysis of the poem A Winter Day that begins with:

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The air is silent save where stirs ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bbaaccddaa X aabXeeccaa X ffggeeccee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,10,1,10,1,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 01010111 010010101 01010101 11011101 110110001 11110011 1100101111 01010101 11011101 11000110 1 1100111001 010110001 010010101 110101000 01111101 01010111 11010011 01001101 10110111 11000101 1 11010111 010000101 11110101 10010101 01010111 11110101 11010101 110010101 11111101 100100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 175
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 35
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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 A Winter Day;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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