This is an analysis of the poem Winter In Canada that begins with:

Nay tell me not that, with shivering fear,
You shrink from the thought of wintering here;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXXbb ccddee ddccff ggddhh cceegg bbiiaa jjbbcc jjdXccXaaeegg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1111101001 1100101001 1010101101 00111001001 10101110101 1010110110 0101101111 0101100111 0110111101 110110111 111110101 10101111101 0101111101 010100101 1110110101 11001100101 1110101101 1101101011 00101111001 111010101 1010101001 1100110111 1011010101 111111101 1101111111 110110101 10110111001 11110100001 1110110011 0100101101 110111111 1100101101 11101101001 110101101 101100101 1110111111 1111011001 110010101 1101100101 1100101011 01011101 10101101001 1111111101 11110001001 1111111001 111111010 10110101001 1101101101 1010101101001 1111110111 1111111111 1010110111 111100100111 1100110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 271
  • Average number of words per stanza: 49
  • Amount of lines: 54
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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; of, that, er, and are repeated.

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

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