This is an analysis of the poem Welcome To Winter that begins with:

NOW, with wild and windy roar,
Stalwart Winter comes once more,- ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbbbb ccbXccdd eeXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,8,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011101 1010111 10111101 1010011 1010101 1010101 1011111 1010101 10101001 1010011 1010100 1110101 1111101 1011001 1000101 1011101 1000101 1011101 11101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 201
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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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