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

OH, who would be sad tho' the sky be a-graying,
And meadow and woodlands are empty and bare;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababXcXcXddeeX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
  • Metre: 111011010010 11111111011 110110011110 01011101011 010010010010 11001001101 110011011110 11011101111 10 11010101 100100111 010110 111010 11011101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 561
  • Average number of words per stanza: 105
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • 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 the is repeated.

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  • summary of Winter Song;
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