This is an analysis of the poem Poem that begins with:

And if it snowed and snow covered the drive
he took a spade and tossed it to one side....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabaXaac cXcc Xb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,4,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1001111001 1101110011 1111010111 11000011111 11001111101 1111011111 11011100111 1111010001 11011100101 11001110001 11101110101 1111011001 1111011111 0110001101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 209
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, he are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Poem;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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