This is an analysis of the poem "In White": Frost's Early Version Of Design that begins with:

A dented spider like a snow drop white
On a white Heal-all, holding up a moth...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabba aaaaaX X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 0101010111 1011110101 1011010101 11010011101 10010010111 10010000101 01010010101 1011010101 11110010101 01010100101 1101010011 1111000101 1101010101 01011110110 0100010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 206
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; white, like, design are repeated.

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  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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