This is an analysis of the poem Winter At St Andrews that begins with:

The city once again doth wear
Her wonted dress of winter's bride,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababbcbC ababbcXC ababbXbc bcbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010111 01010101 010100101 01011101 11010101 01010101 11010101 01111101 11011101 01110111 01000111 01110111 11010101 010101001 10010110 01111101 11111101 11011101 01010111 01010101 01010011 010111100 11110111 01011101 11101101 11011101 11000111 01111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 244
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Winter At St Andrews;
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