This is an analysis of the poem The Snowdrop In The Snow that begins with:

O full of Faith! The Earth is rock,-the Heaven
The dome of a great palace all of ice,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdedfgfcXhgeahdijakhblblkcceejah maahjdndffnaebnnehahaoaobcccdadacifajjmfjbccbfcijjjpjpiicjXcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 34,61,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11010101010 0100110101 1111101101 1011110101 1101010101 11001010101 1101001111 1000110100101 1101110101 1101011011 100111100101 0101010111 1101011101 0101111101 010111001110 01110100101 11010001001 1101010001 10101111001 1100011001 00111111110 1101110101 1101101101 1101111111 0101010011 1111110101 11001000110 0101111111 1101010101 0011110101 1111111101 0101011111 1101110111 0111011101 1111010011 0101110111 1101010100 0111110001 10001001111 01011001001 11110101001 1001001100 1101110101 01001011101 0101110111 1001000101 1111011101 1001010111 0101110101 1111111111 1101000101 1101010101 1111010111 01111101001 1001010101 1001111111 1110110101 01010111011 1111001100 1111010001 1111010101 1101010111 01010100001 0100011101 0101010111 1101010111 1011110111 1101010111 010111111 1011100101 1111110111 0101010111 1111110111 10110010100 0101110101 11110110101 11110010001 0101010001 1101110101 10111111001 1111010101 1001111101 100110100001 1001100101 1101010101 1011011011 11010110111 1101011101 10001011100 1101100101 10101011101 0111011110 01010111000 01011110101 1101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2067
  • Average number of words per stanza: 391
  • Amount of lines: 96
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (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, thou, and, for, them are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words thou, oh, for are repeated.

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  • summary of The Snowdrop In The Snow;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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