This is an analysis of the poem The Orchard By The Barn that begins with:

There 's a welcome perfumed blizzard blowing softly up
the lane, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X a ba Xb c d edee f dX gf dg X ha ec hXfe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,2,2,1,1,4,1,2,2,2,1,2,2,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010011010101 01 101011100010101 01111000010001 101100101110 101 111110101010 101 1101110100101 01010101010011 1101111001111 1 1101010111011 101 110100110101110 1 010101110101 01 1101110110101 111111110011110 101 1110101110110 01 111101010001010 1 0111010101111 1
  • Amount of stanzas: 16
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 61
  • Average number of words per stanza: 12
  • Amount of lines: 27
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of The Orchard By The Barn;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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