This is an analysis of the poem Sugar Weather that begins with:

When snow-balls on the horses' hoofs
And the wind from the south blows warm,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbdeXe XfgfahXh dici cfgf ijjjjifi
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,4,4,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110101 10100111 1010110101 10110101 1100100101 101011101 11100100101 1010111 010111111 01101011 1100100101 0100101 110110011 10100101 11001101010 1010101 0111101101 01111101 110101101 11100011 110011011001 10111001 10110111001 111101 01110001001 101001001 1101110101 1100101 1111110101 00101101 11101101101 10110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 241
  • Average number of words per stanza: 47
  • Amount of lines: 33
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, and are repeated.

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  • summary of Sugar Weather;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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