This is an analysis of the poem March 26, 1974 that begins with:
R.Frost 100th B'day
The air was soft, the ground still cold....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme:
- Stanza lengths (in strings):
- Closest metre:
- Сlosest rhyme:
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- Guessed form:
- Metre:
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 365
- Average number of words per stanza: 71
- Amount of lines: 21
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; i, to, and, of are repeated.
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- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
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