This is an analysis of the poem I Am Sorry It Is Winter Now that begins with:

I am sorry it is winter now,
And you can't hear mosquitoes in the house,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXX XXbb acXX deba XXbX cXXa edXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111000101 1111010001 1101010 001001 0100100011 11011010 010101 100101 11010101 110010 101011 10101000010 1011010110 1110110 1111011001 01101010 110101 01101 011001 110101 01101101011 1101010 101101 01111 1111001 0110101010 10011011 001010
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 119
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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