This is an analysis of the poem The Winter It Is Past that begins with:
THE WINTER it is past, and the summer comes at last
And the small birds, they sing on ev'ry tree;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXb Xbab
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 0100011010111 1011111101 110101111101 111101001 0101011010101 1111010101 1101111110111 111101001
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 188
- Average number of words per stanza: 38
- Amount of lines: 9
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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