This is an analysis of the poem The Winter Hyacinth that begins with:

Thou'rt beautiful, my flower, -my winter flower!-
These many weeks I've watch'd thy graceful mesh... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbcde fghdbbXX decihbebiccf Xgbchbg cdghgdXXca
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,8,12,7,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 110011011010 1101111101 01001101101 11010010001 0101001101 11110 11101 0111010001 0101011111 1001011101 11001011101 110010101001 11001010101 100101 1101 0111111100 1111110101 0111010111 1101001001 0101110111 1100101101 1101010101 0101010101 1111010101 1111011101 01010 10101 1001010011 1011011101 0101010101 1111110101 0101110101 0111001 1111 10110110111 110111001001 1101011111 1011011101 01011101001 11111101001 0111101001 1111010101 11001111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 342
  • Average number of words per stanza: 62
  • Amount of lines: 43
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

  • summary of The Winter Hyacinth;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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