This is an analysis of the poem The Snow-Storm that begins with:

Announced by all the trumpets of the sky,
Arrives the snow, and, driving o'er the fields,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbcdeedXXbXXbfaXXcXefdeecfX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 28,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0111010001 01011101001 1110010101 11110101010 1101110101 011100101001 1001111010001 01010010101 00110010001 11011100 1010110101 1001011000 1011000101 11001011111 10010010011 1100110111 1101010100 1111011101 0111010101 1101010101 101011101 01001010001 11010110101 01010101101 1101010101 0100110111 101101111 0101010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1191
  • Average number of words per stanza: 206
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of The Snow-Storm;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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