This is an analysis of the poem February that begins with:

Winter. Time to eat fat
and watch hockey. In the pewter mornings, the cat, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXbbXcbXbadXXdbXefXgebcdfbfgXXgdg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 34,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101011 111000101001 01110010 01011110111 01101100 1010101101 00111001011 11010110 1111001 0101111010 10101111011 110111010111 01010101111010 11101011 00111110011 1101100011 10001001111 111111 101111010110 011111110 100010110010 1001011101 100110101 101100111 10101001 001010010 1110111111 0010100 101011010 111110 111101100 1111110 10101010011 11011010110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1356
  • Average number of words per stanza: 244
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • 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.

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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