This is an analysis of the poem Le Jardin Des Tuileries that begins with:

This winter air is keen and cold,
And keen and cold this winter sun,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abba caaX deed faaf gccg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010111 11110101 11110101 11010101 010101011 01010111 01011101 00110001 10110111 01110101 11110101 110100101 11010111 111101001 11011101 11011101 11010101 11011111 10010111 000110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 144
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

    The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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