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

1 The quiet snow
2 Will splotch... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbcXXXcX bbbaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic trimeter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 10101 101 11001010 1001 11101 11010 110011 1011101 11110101 11011010 10101 111110 10111 111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 182
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of The Quiet Snow;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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