This is an analysis of the poem To An Early Violet that begins with:

What though thy bed be frozen earth,
Thy cloak the chilling blast;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaXbcbcdede
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110101 110101 11110111 1101100 11010111 1101001 110110001 1110101 11110101 1100111 11011101 1001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 396
  • Average number of words per stanza: 69
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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  • summary of To An Early Violet;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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