This is an analysis of the poem I Who All The Winter Through that begins with:

I WHO all the winter through
Cherished other loves than you,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaaaAXaaaaaA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110101 1010111 111010100010111 1110111 1010111 111110110010101 101101 1010101 101111101011101 11101101 1110011 111110110010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 247
  • Average number of words per stanza: 48
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; and is repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same word dew at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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