This is an analysis of the poem A Winter Bluejay that begins with:

Crisply the bright snow whispered,
Crunching beneath our feet; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXbcdcXbXbdabefbcaXXebfX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 25,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001110 100111 01111101011 1111 01010101 0101010 1011 01110 0101001 010001 101011 0100010 10101 010011 100101 11010011 100101 11 1100010111 1010 110110011010 1011111 011101 11110101 1101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 714
  • Average number of words per stanza: 125
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of is repeated.

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