This is an analysis of the poem Cold, Cold Is My Bed In Winter! that begins with:

Cold, cold is my bed in winter!But for my
Lord, who will embrace me passionately?...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abC XaXaCb addbCb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 11011010011 1100111000 11011010 0110110100 1101111 1101010111001 11111011 11011010 1111100111000 10010100010101 11001101 11101111001 1101010010100 11011010 1111100111000
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 200
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; cold, my, in, winter are repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word passionately at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Cold, Cold Is My Bed In Winter!;
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  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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