This is an analysis of the poem Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening that begins with:

Whose woods these are I think I know.
His house is in the village, though; ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaba bbcb ccdcXddDD
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111111 01000101 10111101 01011101 11011101 01010111 01011101 01010001 11010101 01010101 01010101 01011101 01110111 11110001 110010111 110010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 135
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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 are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines sleep is repeated).

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  • summary of Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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