This is an analysis of the poem After Frost that begins with:
He comes here
by whatever way he can, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcb XXXd eaea dXff cgag
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111 1110111 111 111 1110 1101 111 11010 111010 101 101000 101 111 001 11011010 11 111 0101 1101 111
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 70
- Average number of words per stanza: 13
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 17 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 3
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; he, no are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words not, he, no are repeated.
The author used the same word he at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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