This is an analysis of the poem John Winter that begins with:
What ails John Winter, that so oft
Silent he sits apart?... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaba cdcd efbf aege hiei gcec ajak aaca bgbg hlgl Xgeg alil maXa egng mifi fgXg gjik fXge hgXg gajaXnhfh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110111 101101 01011111 111101 01010101 1001010 10011101 1111010 11011101 110101 010110110 011101 11010101 1110101 01110011 110011 11011001 010111 10010101 110001 01011101 111101 01011101 100101 11110101 011101 11111001 110100 11010111 110001 11010101 111101 11010101 011001 01011101 111111 11110101 110101 11011101 110101 11010101 010101 01011001 110101 11010101 100111 01011101 0100101 11010101 110101 10111011 110001 10111101 110011 11011001 111101 11110101 110101 01011001 010101 11111101 110101 10011100 110111 11010101 110111 11010111 110100 11011011 100111 11010101 010101 01010101 110101 10011000 010101 11001111 010001 11110101 010111 110100011 110101 11010101 010111
- Amount of stanzas: 21
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 124
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 84
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; his, and, with are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words he, the, and 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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- summary of John Winter;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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