This is an analysis of the poem The Snows Of Spring that begins with:

O wailing gust, what hast thou brought with thee,
What sting of desolation? But an hour,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbacdedeee fXgfghihcic jjXjjklkblb ammamgcgkck deedeXjgXjf XeeXebdbgdgXgmmgmgggdgd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,11,11,11,11,23,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101111101 11010101110 111100111010 1001010101 1101101111 1101010011 1101110101 1110100101 101011101001 0101010001 1100110101 0111010101 11000111011 11011100101 0101010001 1100100101 1101011101 1101011111 0101111101 1101011001 1011011101 1101111111 1001011111 0101100101 11010000110 0011010101 01001111101 1010010100 1001010101 10001011100 11010111010 11010010001 0101010101010 11001101011 1011010111 1111010001 10010111111 1101010111 0101011101 10110101011 1100011011 01010111101 1101010001 0111111001 1111010011 11110010011 1011010101 11001011111 11010011101 1111001111 1101010111 0110111101 1101110011 1011110101 00110010101 1101111110 11110011101 0111010101 0111011101 11111100101 11011001010 1111010001 10010111010 1101110001 0101010101 1111111111 1111011011 1101011111 1101010111 1111011111 1011111101 111110010010 1110101101 11011100110 11011011001 1001101101 1111111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 488
  • Average number of words per stanza: 87
  • Amount of lines: 77
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; what, and, of, not, yet, our, to, love are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words now, what are repeated.

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  • summary of The Snows Of Spring;
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