This is an analysis of the poem The Witch that begins with:
I HAVE walked a great while over the snow,
And I am not tall nor strong. ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcbdeE acXcXeE XfXfdee
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1110111001 1111111 111111111 1011111 1110100101 11101101 111100111110101 010100101 1111001 111111101 1010101 111010101 1101111 111100111110101 011011101 11111010 1111101001 1110010 0101101111 11100101 010100111100101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 839
- Average number of words per stanza: 169
- Amount of lines: 23
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; and is repeated.
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- summary of The Witch;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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