This is an analysis of the poem A Canadian Snow Fall that begins with:

Come to the casement, we’ll watch the snow
Softly descending on earth below,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbaa ccddee ffffcc ccccaaXeebbaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1001001101 100101101 101101101 1011100111 100100111 001100111 110110111 110011101 10110101 010100101 101100101 101101011 0011101101 0100100110 011100101 1011100101 111101111 011110111 110011111 111101101 101010111 0111101101 110110101 010010111 100100101 1010010111 101010111 101101001 1010110101 101101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 246
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • 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; it is repeated.

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

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

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